#55AEAA#55AEAA

#55AEAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.086 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEAA
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 170)
HSL	hsl(177, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -27.58, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 28.25, 192.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.084 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.086 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1351, 35.1033, 43.4208)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEAA #AE5559

analogous

#55AE7D #55AEAA #5585AE

triadic

#55AEAA #AA55AE #AEAA55

tetradic

#55AEAA #7D55AE #AE5559 #85AE55

square

#55AEAA #7D55AE #AE5559 #85AE55

split-complementary

#55AEAA #AE5585 #AE7D55

monochromatic

#2C5D5A #408683 #55AEAA #7EC2BF #A8D5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#55AEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#55AEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEAA

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEAA	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aeaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.086 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6c3',
    500: '#55aeaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aeaa;
$custom-light: #8cc6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aeaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.303,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69514,
    "c": 0.08567,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEAA

secondary

#C39C9D

accent

#5C61CB

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEAA

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

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