#55AEAF#55AEAF

#55AEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.085 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEAF
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 175)
HSL	hsl(181, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -26.23, -8.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 27.63, 198.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0818 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.085 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6170, 35.2961, 45.9593)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEAF #AF5655

analogous

#55AF83 #55AEAF #5581AF

triadic

#55AEAF #AF55AE #AEAF55

tetradic

#55AEAF #8355AF #AF5655 #81AF55

square

#55AEAF #8355AF #AF5655 #81AF55

split-complementary

#55AEAF #AF5581 #AF8355

monochromatic

#2C5D5E #408687 #55AEAF #7FC2C3 #A8D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#55AEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#55AEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEAF

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEAF	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FB3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aeaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.085 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6c6',
    500: '#55aeaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aeaf;
$custom-light: #8dc6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aeaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.667,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69684,
    "c": 0.08524,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEAF

secondary

#C49C9C

accent

#5D5CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEAF

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

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