#55ACA0#55ACA0

#55ACA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.086 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ACA0
RGB	rgb(85, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(172, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -29.20, -1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 29.26, 183.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0861 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.086 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8413, 33.9722, 38.4991)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ACA0 #AC5561

analogous

#55AC74 #55ACA0 #558CAC

triadic

#55ACA0 #A055AC #ACA055

tetradic

#55ACA0 #7455AC #AC5561 #8CAC55

square

#55ACA0 #7455AC #AC5561 #8CAC55

split-complementary

#55ACA0 #AC558C #AC7455

monochromatic

#2C5A54 #40847A #55ACA0 #7EC0B7 #A7D4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#55ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#55ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ACA0

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ACA0	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A4A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9799A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.086 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5bc',
    500: '#55aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aca0;
$custom-light: #8cc5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.724,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68702,
    "c": 0.08628,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ACA0

secondary

#C29BA0

accent

#5D6CCA

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ACA0

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

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