#55AFA3#55AFA3

#55AFA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.088 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFA3
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 163)
HSL	hsl(172, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 6.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -29.89, -2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 29.96, 184.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0882 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.088 184)
XYZ	xyz(25.6843, 35.2333, 40.0904)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFA3 #AF5561

analogous

#55AF76 #55AFA3 #558EAF

triadic

#55AFA3 #A355AF #AFA355

tetradic

#55AFA3 #7655AF #AF5561 #8EAF55

square

#55AFA3 #7655AF #AF5561 #8EAF55

split-complementary

#55AFA3 #AF558E #AF7655

monochromatic

#2C5E57 #40877E #55AFA3 #7FC3BA #A8D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#55AFA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#55AFA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFA3

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFA3	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.088 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7be',
    500: '#55afa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afa3;
$custom-light: #8cc7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69529,
    "c": 0.08842,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.35236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFA3

secondary

#C49CA1

accent

#5C6BCC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFA3

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

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