#55AEB2#55AEB2

#55AEB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.085 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEB2
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 178)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 2.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -25.41, -10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 27.39, 201.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0805 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.085 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9150, 35.4153, 47.5283)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEB2 #B25955

analogous

#55B288 #55AEB2 #5580B2

triadic

#55AEB2 #B255AE #AEB255

tetradic

#55AEB2 #8855B2 #B25955 #80B255

square

#55AEB2 #8855B2 #B25955 #80B255

split-complementary

#55AEB2 #B25580 #B28855

monochromatic

#2C5E61 #3F888B #55AEB2 #7FC2C5 #A9D6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#55AEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#55AEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEB2

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEB2	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A7B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aeb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.085 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6c9',
    500: '#55aeb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aeb2;
$custom-light: #8dc6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aeb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.581,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69789,
    "c": 0.0853,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEB2

secondary

#C69F9D

accent

#5F5ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEB2

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

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