#55AFA6#55AFA6

#55AFA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.087 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFA6
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 166)
HSL	hsl(174, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 5.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -29.12, -3.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 29.34, 187.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0869 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.087 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9563, 35.3421, 41.5228)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFA6 #AF555E

analogous

#55AF79 #55AFA6 #558BAF

triadic

#55AFA6 #A655AF #AFA655

tetradic

#55AFA6 #7955AF #AF555E #8BAF55

square

#55AFA6 #7955AF #AF555E #8BAF55

split-complementary

#55AFA6 #AF558B #AF7955

monochromatic

#2C5E59 #408780 #55AFA6 #7FC3BC #A8D6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#55AFA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#55AFA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFA6

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFA6	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EB3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.087 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7c0',
    500: '#55afa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afa6;
$custom-light: #8cc7c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69625,
    "c": 0.08747,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFA6

secondary

#C49CA0

accent

#5C67CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFA6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →