#55AFAF#55AFAF

#55AFAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.086 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFAF
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 175)
HSL	hsl(180, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -26.73, -8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 27.97, 197.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0829 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.086 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8110, 35.6839, 46.0239)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFAF #AF5555

analogous

#55AF82 #55AFAF #5582AF

triadic

#55AFAF #AF55AF #AFAF55

tetradic

#55AFAF #8255AF #AF5555 #82AF55

square

#55AFAF #8255AF #AF5555 #82AF55

split-complementary

#55AFAF #AF5582 #AF8255

monochromatic

#2C5E5E #408787 #55AFAF #7FC3C3 #A8D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#55AFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#55AFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFAF

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFAF	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A8AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EB4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.086 195.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69925,
    "c": 0.08599,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFAF

secondary

#C49C9C

accent

#5C5CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFAF

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

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