#55AE8A#55AE8A

#55AE8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.102 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AE8A
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(156, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(156, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -35.43, 10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 36.92, 163.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0985 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.102 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4677, 34.0364, 29.3728)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AE8A #AE5579

analogous

#55AE5D #55AE8A #55A5AE

triadic

#55AE8A #8A55AE #AE8A55

tetradic

#55AE8A #5D55AE #AE5579 #A5AE55

square

#55AE8A #5D55AE #AE5579 #A5AE55

split-complementary

#55AE8A #AE55A5 #AE5D55

monochromatic

#2C5D49 #40866A #55AE8A #7EC2A7 #A8D5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#55AE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#55AE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AE8A

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AE8A	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.102 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6ac',
    500: '#55ae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ae8a;
$custom-light: #8bc6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.73,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68558,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AE8A

secondary

#C39CAC

accent

#5C89CB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AE8A

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

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