#55AE87#55AE87

#55AE87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.105 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AE87
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 135)
HSL	hsl(154, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 22.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -36.09, 11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 38.02, 161.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.1 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.105 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2535, 33.9507, 28.2447)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AE87 #AE557C

analogous

#55AE5A #55AE87 #55A8AE

triadic

#55AE87 #8755AE #AE8755

tetradic

#55AE87 #5A55AE #AE557C #A8AE55

square

#55AE87 #5A55AE #AE557C #A8AE55

split-complementary

#55AE87 #AE55A8 #AE5A55

monochromatic

#2C5D47 #408667 #55AE87 #7EC2A4 #A8D5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#55AE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#55AE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AE87

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AE87	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	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)

#ABA385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ae87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.105 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6aa',
    500: '#55ae87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ae87;
$custom-light: #8bc6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ae87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.708,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68481,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AE87

secondary

#C39CAD

accent

#5C8DCB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AE87

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

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