#55AFBD#55AFBD

#55AFBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.088 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFBD
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -22.84, -15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 27.51, 213.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.077 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.088 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2579, 36.2627, 53.6445)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFBD #BD6355

analogous

#55BD97 #55AFBD #557BBD

triadic

#55AFBD #BD55AF #AFBD55

tetradic

#55AFBD #9755BD #BD6355 #7BBD55

square

#55AFBD #9755BD #BD6355 #7BBD55

split-complementary

#55AFBD #BD557B #BD9755

monochromatic

#2A646D #3C8D99 #55AFBD #81C4CE #ADD8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#55AFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#55AFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFBD

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFBD	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.088 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7d0',
    500: '#55afbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afbd;
$custom-light: #8ec7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.077,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70428,
    "c": 0.08794,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFBD

secondary

#CDA7A1

accent

#6554D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFBD

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

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