#55AFBB#55AFBB

#55AFBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.087 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFBB
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 187)
HSL	hsl(187, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -23.41, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 27.45, 211.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0778 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.087 207)
XYZ	xyz(28.0423, 36.1765, 52.5090)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFBB #BB6155

analogous

#55BB94 #55AFBB #557CBB

triadic

#55AFBB #BB55AF #AFBB55

tetradic

#55AFBB #9455BB #BB6155 #7CBB55

square

#55AFBB #9455BB #BB6155 #7CBB55

split-complementary

#55AFBB #BB557C #BB9455

monochromatic

#2B636B #3C8C97 #55AFBB #81C4CC #ACD8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#55AFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#55AFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFBB

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFBB	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.087 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7cf',
    500: '#55afbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afbb;
$custom-light: #8ec7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70354,
    "c": 0.08735,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.36179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFBB

secondary

#CCA5A0

accent

#6455D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFBB

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

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