#55AF8D#55AF8D

#55AF8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.101 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AF8D
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 141)
HSL	hsl(157, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(157, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 19.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -35.21, 9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 36.42, 165.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.0983 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.101 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8818, 34.5123, 30.5972)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AF8D #AF5577

analogous

#55AF60 #55AF8D #55A4AF

triadic

#55AF8D #8D55AF #AF8D55

tetradic

#55AF8D #6055AF #AF5577 #A4AF55

square

#55AF8D #6055AF #AF5577 #A4AF55

split-complementary

#55AF8D #AF55A4 #AF6055

monochromatic

#2C5E4B #40876C #55AF8D #7FC3A9 #A8D6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#55AF8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#55AF8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AF8D

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AF8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AF8D	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA58B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55af8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.101 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7ae',
    500: '#55af8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55af8d;
$custom-light: #8bc7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55af8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68887,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AF8D

secondary

#C49CAB

accent

#5C86CC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AF8D

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

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