#55AEBE#55AEBE

#55AEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.088 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AEBE
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -22.04, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 27.41, 216.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0755 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.088 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1729, 35.9185, 54.1535)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AEBE #BE6555

analogous

#55BE9A #55AEBE #557ABE

triadic

#55AEBE #BE55AE #AEBE55

tetradic

#55AEBE #9A55BE #BE6555 #7ABE55

square

#55AEBE #9A55BE #BE6555 #7ABE55

split-complementary

#55AEBE #BE557A #BE9A55

monochromatic

#2A646E #3B8C9B #55AEBE #81C3CF #AED8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#55AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#55AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AEBE

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AEBE	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.088 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6d1',
    500: '#55aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aebe;
$custom-light: #8ec6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70228,
    "c": 0.08794,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AEBE

secondary

#CEA8A1

accent

#6753D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AEBE

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

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