#55AFB2#55AFB2

#55AFB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.086 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFB2
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 178)
HSL	hsl(182, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 1.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -25.91, -9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 27.69, 200.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0816 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.086 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1089, 35.8031, 47.5929)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFB2 #B25855

analogous

#55B287 #55AFB2 #5581B2

triadic

#55AFB2 #B255AF #AFB255

tetradic

#55AFB2 #8755B2 #B25855 #81B255

square

#55AFB2 #8755B2 #B25855 #81B255

split-complementary

#55AFB2 #B25581 #B28755

monochromatic

#2C5F61 #3F888B #55AFB2 #7FC3C5 #A9D7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#55AFB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#55AFB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFB2

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFB2	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.086 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc7c9',
    500: '#55afb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afb2;
$custom-light: #8dc7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.935,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70029,
    "c": 0.08597,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFB2

secondary

#C69E9D

accent

#5E5ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFB2

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

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