#55AFBA#55AFBA

#55AFBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.087 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFBA
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 186)
HSL	hsl(187, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -23.69, -13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 27.43, 210.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0783 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.087 206)
XYZ	xyz(27.9356, 36.1338, 51.9472)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFBA #BA6055

analogous

#55BA92 #55AFBA #557CBA

triadic

#55AFBA #BA55AF #AFBA55

tetradic

#55AFBA #9255BA #BA6055 #7CBA55

square

#55AFBA #9255BA #BA6055 #7CBA55

split-complementary

#55AFBA #BA557C #BA9255

monochromatic

#2B636A #3D8C95 #55AFBA #81C3CC #ACD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#55AFBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#55AFBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFBA

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFBA	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.087 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7ce',
    500: '#55afba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afba;
$custom-light: #8ec7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.535,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70317,
    "c": 0.08709,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.36136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFBA

secondary

#CBA4A0

accent

#6356D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFBA

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

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