#55AFA9#55AFA9

#55AFA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.087 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFA9
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 169)
HSL	hsl(176, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -28.33, -5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 28.80, 190.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0855 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.087 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2347, 35.4534, 42.9891)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFA9 #AF555B

analogous

#55AF7C #55AFA9 #5588AF

triadic

#55AFA9 #A955AF #AFA955

tetradic

#55AFA9 #7C55AF #AF555B #88AF55

square

#55AFA9 #7C55AF #AF555B #88AF55

split-complementary

#55AFA9 #AF5588 #AF7C55

monochromatic

#2C5E5A #408782 #55AFA9 #7FC3BE #A8D6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#55AFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#55AFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFA9

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFA9	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AB3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.087 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7c2',
    500: '#55afa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afa9;
$custom-light: #8cc7c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69723,
    "c": 0.08675,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFA9

secondary

#C49C9F

accent

#5C63CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFA9

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

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