#55AE90#55AE90

#55AE90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.098 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AE90
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 144)
HSL	hsl(160, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 17.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -34.06, 7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 34.83, 167.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0957 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.098 169)
XYZ	xyz(23.9142, 34.2150, 31.7241)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AE90 #AE5573

analogous

#55AE63 #55AE90 #559FAE

triadic

#55AE90 #9055AE #AE9055

tetradic

#55AE90 #6355AE #AE5573 #9FAE55

square

#55AE90 #6355AE #AE5573 #9FAE55

split-complementary

#55AE90 #AE559F #AE6355

monochromatic

#2C5D4C #40866E #55AE90 #7EC2AB #A8D5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#55AE90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#55AE90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AE90

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AE90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AE90	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)

#AAA48F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ae90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.098 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6b0',
    500: '#55ae90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ae90;
$custom-light: #8bc6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ae90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.775,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6872,
    "c": 0.09756,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.34217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AE90

secondary

#C39CA9

accent

#5C82CB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AE90

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

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