#55AE8F#55AE8F

#55AE8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.098 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AE8F
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 143)
HSL	hsl(159, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 17.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -34.29, 7.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 35.17, 167.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0962 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.098 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8381, 34.1845, 31.3233)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AE8F #AE5574

analogous

#55AE62 #55AE8F #55A0AE

triadic

#55AE8F #8F55AE #AE8F55

tetradic

#55AE8F #6255AE #AE5574 #A0AE55

square

#55AE8F #6255AE #AE5574 #A0AE55

split-complementary

#55AE8F #AE55A0 #AE6255

monochromatic

#2C5D4C #40866E #55AE8F #7EC2AA #A8D5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#55AE8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#55AE8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AE8F

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AE8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AE8F	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA48D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ae8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.098 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6af',
    500: '#55ae8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ae8f;
$custom-light: #8bc6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ae8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.101,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68693,
    "c": 0.09828,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AE8F

secondary

#C39CA9

accent

#5C83CB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AE8F

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

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