#55AABA#55AABA

#55AABA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.085 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AABA
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 186)
HSL	hsl(190, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, -21.13, -16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 26.55, 217.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0727 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.085 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9804, 34.2234, 51.6288)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AABA #BA6555

analogous

#55BA97 #55AABA #5577BA

triadic

#55AABA #BA55AA #AABA55

tetradic

#55AABA #9755BA #BA6555 #77BA55

square

#55AABA #9755BA #BA6555 #77BA55

split-complementary

#55AABA #BA5577 #BA9755

monochromatic

#2B606A #3D8795 #55AABA #81C0CC #ACD6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#55AABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#55AABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AABA

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AABA	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aaba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.085 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc3ce',
    500: '#55aaba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aaba;
$custom-light: #8dc3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aaba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.505,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69127,
    "c": 0.08515,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AABA

secondary

#CBA7A0

accent

#6956D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AABA

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

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