#55AFA4#55AFA4

#55AFA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.088 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFA4
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 164)
HSL	hsl(173, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 6.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -29.63, -2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 29.75, 185.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0878 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.088 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7743, 35.2693, 40.5641)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFA4 #AF5560

analogous

#55AF77 #55AFA4 #558DAF

triadic

#55AFA4 #A455AF #AFA455

tetradic

#55AFA4 #7755AF #AF5560 #8DAF55

square

#55AFA4 #7755AF #AF5560 #8DAF55

split-complementary

#55AFA4 #AF558D #AF7755

monochromatic

#2C5E58 #40877E #55AFA4 #7FC3BA #A8D6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#55AFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#55AFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFA4

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFA4	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)

#A8A7A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.088 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7be',
    500: '#55afa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afa4;
$custom-light: #8cc7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.667,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69561,
    "c": 0.08808,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFA4

secondary

#C49CA1

accent

#5C69CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFA4

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

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