#55AFAB#55AFAB

#55AFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.086 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFAB
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 171)
HSL	hsl(177, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -27.80, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 28.48, 192.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0847 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.086 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4239, 35.5291, 43.9855)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFAB #AF5559

analogous

#55AF7E #55AFAB #5586AF

triadic

#55AFAB #AB55AF #AFAB55

tetradic

#55AFAB #7E55AF #AF5559 #86AF55

square

#55AFAB #7E55AF #AF5559 #86AF55

split-complementary

#55AFAB #AF5586 #AF7E55

monochromatic

#2C5E5B #408784 #55AFAB #7FC3C0 #A8D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#55AFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#55AFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFAB

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFAB	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.086 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7c4',
    500: '#55afab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afab;
$custom-light: #8cc7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6979,
    "c": 0.08639,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFAB

secondary

#C49C9E

accent

#5C61CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFAB

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

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