#55AEB7#55AEB7

#55AEB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.086 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEB7
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 183)
HSL	hsl(186, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 4.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -24.03, -12.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 27.20, 207.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0784 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.086 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4261, 35.6198, 50.2205)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEB7 #B75E55

analogous

#55B78F #55AEB7 #557DB7

triadic

#55AEB7 #B755AE #AEB755

tetradic

#55AEB7 #8F55B7 #B75E55 #7DB755

square

#55AEB7 #8F55B7 #B75E55 #7DB755

split-complementary

#55AEB7 #B7557D #B78F55

monochromatic

#2B6166 #3E8A91 #55AEB7 #80C2C9 #ABD7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#55AEB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#55AEB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEB7

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEB7	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A8B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939CB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aeb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.086 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6cc',
    500: '#55aeb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aeb7;
$custom-light: #8dc6cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aeb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.51,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69968,
    "c": 0.08594,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEB7

secondary

#C9A39F

accent

#6357D0

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEB7

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

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