#55AEB3#55AEB3

#55AEB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.085 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEB3
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 179)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 2.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -25.14, -10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 27.33, 203.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0801 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.085 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0157, 35.4556, 48.0590)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEB3 #B35A55

analogous

#55B389 #55AEB3 #557FB3

triadic

#55AEB3 #B355AE #AEB355

tetradic

#55AEB3 #8955B3 #B35A55 #7FB355

square

#55AEB3 #8955B3 #B35A55 #7FB355

split-complementary

#55AEB3 #B3557F #B38955

monochromatic

#2C5F62 #3F888C #55AEB3 #7FC2C6 #AAD6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#55AEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#55AEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEB3

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEB3	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A7B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03B3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.085 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6c9',
    500: '#55aeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aeb3;
$custom-light: #8dc6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.191,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69824,
    "c": 0.08538,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEB3

secondary

#C79F9D

accent

#605ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEB3

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

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