#55AFA5#55AFA5

#55AFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.088 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFA5
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 165)
HSL	hsl(173, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 5.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -29.38, -3.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 29.54, 186.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0873 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.088 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8650, 35.3055, 41.0416)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFA5 #AF555F

analogous

#55AF78 #55AFA5 #558CAF

triadic

#55AFA5 #A555AF #AFA555

tetradic

#55AFA5 #7855AF #AF555F #8CAF55

square

#55AFA5 #7855AF #AF555F #8CAF55

split-complementary

#55AFA5 #AF558C #AF7855

monochromatic

#2C5E58 #40877F #55AFA5 #7FC3BB #A8D6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#55AFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#55AFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFA5

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFA5	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FB2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.088 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7bf',
    500: '#55afa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afa5;
$custom-light: #8cc7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69593,
    "c": 0.08777,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFA5

secondary

#C49CA0

accent

#5C68CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFA5

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

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