#55AFAE#55AFAE

#55AFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.086 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFAE
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 174)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -27.00, -7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 28.08, 195.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0834 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.086 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7131, 35.6448, 45.5086)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFAE #AF5556

analogous

#55AF81 #55AFAE #5583AF

triadic

#55AFAE #AE55AF #AFAE55

tetradic

#55AFAE #8155AF #AF5556 #83AF55

square

#55AFAE #8155AF #AF5556 #83AF55

split-complementary

#55AFAE #AF5583 #AF8155

monochromatic

#2C5E5D #408786 #55AFAE #7FC3C2 #A8D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#55AFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#55AFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFAE

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFAE	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A8AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11B4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.086 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7c6',
    500: '#55afae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afae;
$custom-light: #8dc7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69891,
    "c": 0.08606,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFAE

secondary

#C49C9C

accent

#5C5DCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFAE

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

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