#55AFAA#55AFAA

#55AFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.087 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFAA
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 170)
HSL	hsl(177, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -28.07, -5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 28.64, 191.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0851 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.087 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3290, 35.4911, 43.4854)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFAA #AF555A

analogous

#55AF7D #55AFAA #5587AF

triadic

#55AFAA #AA55AF #AFAA55

tetradic

#55AFAA #7D55AF #AF555A #87AF55

square

#55AFAA #7D55AF #AF555A #87AF55

split-complementary

#55AFAA #AF5587 #AF7D55

monochromatic

#2C5E5B #408783 #55AFAA #7FC3BF #A8D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#55AFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#55AFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFAA

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFAA	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.087 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7c3',
    500: '#55afaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afaa;
$custom-light: #8cc7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69756,
    "c": 0.08656,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFAA

secondary

#C49C9E

accent

#5C62CC

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFAA

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

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