#55AFAC#55AFAC

#55AFAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.086 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFAC
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 172)
HSL	hsl(178, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 1.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -27.54, -6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 28.34, 193.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0842 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.086 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5196, 35.5674, 44.4894)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFAC #AF5558

analogous

#55AF7F #55AFAC #5585AF

triadic

#55AFAC #AC55AF #AFAC55

tetradic

#55AFAC #7F55AF #AF5558 #85AF55

square

#55AFAC #7F55AF #AF5558 #85AF55

split-complementary

#55AFAC #AF5585 #AF7F55

monochromatic

#2C5E5C #408785 #55AFAC #7FC3C0 #A8D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#55AFAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#55AFAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFAC

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFAC	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)

#A6A7AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.086 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7c4',
    500: '#55afac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afac;
$custom-light: #8dc7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69823,
    "c": 0.08626,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFAC

secondary

#C49C9D

accent

#5C60CC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFAC

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

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