#55AFA0#55AFA0

#55AFA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.090 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFA0
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 160)
HSL	hsl(170, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 8.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -30.65, -0.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 30.66, 181.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0896 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.09 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4187, 35.1270, 38.6916)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFA0 #AF5564

analogous

#55AF73 #55AFA0 #5591AF

triadic

#55AFA0 #A055AF #AFA055

tetradic

#55AFA0 #7355AF #AF5564 #91AF55

square

#55AFA0 #7355AF #AF5564 #91AF55

split-complementary

#55AFA0 #AF5591 #AF7355

monochromatic

#2C5E55 #40877B #55AFA0 #7FC3B7 #A8D6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#55AFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#55AFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFA0

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFA0	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A69F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.090 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7bc',
    500: '#55afa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afa0;
$custom-light: #8cc7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69435,
    "c": 0.08958,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFA0

secondary

#C49CA3

accent

#5C6ECC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFA0

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

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