#55AFAD#55AFAD

#55AFAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.086 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFAD
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -27.27, -7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 28.21, 194.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0838 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.086 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6160, 35.6059, 44.9971)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFAD #AF5557

analogous

#55AF80 #55AFAD #5584AF

triadic

#55AFAD #AD55AF #AFAD55

tetradic

#55AFAD #8055AF #AF5557 #84AF55

square

#55AFAD #8055AF #AF5557 #84AF55

split-complementary

#55AFAD #AF5584 #AF8055

monochromatic

#2C5E5C #408786 #55AFAD #7FC3C1 #A8D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#55AFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#55AFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFAD

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFAD	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.086 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7c5',
    500: '#55afad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afad;
$custom-light: #8dc7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.667,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69857,
    "c": 0.08614,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFAD

secondary

#C49C9D

accent

#5C5ECC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFAD

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

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