#55AAAF#55AAAF

#55AAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.082 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AAAF
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 175)
HSL	hsl(183, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -24.23, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 26.39, 203.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0772 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.082 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8558, 33.7736, 45.7055)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AAAF #AF5A55

analogous

#55AF87 #55AAAF #557DAF

triadic

#55AAAF #AF55AA #AAAF55

tetradic

#55AAAF #8755AF #AF5A55 #7DAF55

square

#55AAAF #8755AF #AF5A55 #7DAF55

split-complementary

#55AAAF #AF557D #AF8755

monochromatic

#2C5B5E #408387 #55AAAF #7FBFC3 #A8D4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#55AAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#55AAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AAAF

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AAAF	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9198B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aaaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.082 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3c6',
    500: '#55aaaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aaaf;
$custom-light: #8cc3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aaaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68721,
    "c": 0.08245,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AAAF

secondary

#C49E9C

accent

#625CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AAAF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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