#55AE97#55AE97

#55AE97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.093 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AE97
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 151)
HSL	hsl(164, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 13.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -32.40, 3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 32.61, 173.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0925 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.093 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4658, 34.4356, 34.6296)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AE97 #AE556C

analogous

#55AE6A #55AE97 #5598AE

triadic

#55AE97 #9755AE #AE9755

tetradic

#55AE97 #6A55AE #AE556C #98AE55

square

#55AE97 #6A55AE #AE556C #98AE55

split-complementary

#55AE97 #AE5598 #AE6A55

monochromatic

#2C5D50 #408674 #55AE97 #7EC2B0 #A8D5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#55AE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#55AE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AE97

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AE97	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ae97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.093 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6b5',
    500: '#55ae97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ae97;
$custom-light: #8bc6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ae97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.494,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68919,
    "c": 0.09297,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AE97

secondary

#C39CA6

accent

#5C79CB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AE97

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

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