#55AFA2#55AFA2

#55AFA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.089 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFA2
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 162)
HSL	hsl(171, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 7.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -30.15, -1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 30.19, 182.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0887 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.089 183)
XYZ	xyz(25.5951, 35.1976, 39.6204)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFA2 #AF5562

analogous

#55AF75 #55AFA2 #558FAF

triadic

#55AFA2 #A255AF #AFA255

tetradic

#55AFA2 #7555AF #AF5562 #8FAF55

square

#55AFA2 #7555AF #AF5562 #8FAF55

split-complementary

#55AFA2 #AF558F #AF7555

monochromatic

#2C5E56 #40877D #55AFA2 #7FC3B9 #A8D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#55AFA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#55AFA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFA2

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFA2	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.089 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7bd',
    500: '#55afa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afa2;
$custom-light: #8cc7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69498,
    "c": 0.08879,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFA2

secondary

#C49CA2

accent

#5C6CCC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFA2

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

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