#55AF8A#55AF8A

#55AF8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.104 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AF8A
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 138)
HSL	hsl(155, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 21.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -35.88, 10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 37.49, 163.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0997 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.104 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6616, 34.4242, 29.4375)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AF8A #AF557A

analogous

#55AF5D #55AF8A #55A7AF

triadic

#55AF8A #8A55AF #AF8A55

tetradic

#55AF8A #5D55AF #AF557A #A7AF55

square

#55AF8A #5D55AF #AF557A #A7AF55

split-complementary

#55AF8A #AF55A7 #AF5D55

monochromatic

#2C5E49 #40876A #55AF8A #7FC3A7 #A8D6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#55AF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#55AF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AF8A

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AF8A	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55af8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.104 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7ac',
    500: '#55af8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55af8a;
$custom-light: #8bc7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55af8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68808,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AF8A

secondary

#C49CAC

accent

#5C8ACC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AF8A

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

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