#55AFBE#55AFBE

#55AFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.088 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFBE
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -22.56, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 27.57, 215.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0766 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.088 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3668, 36.3063, 54.2181)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFBE #BE6455

analogous

#55BE99 #55AFBE #557BBE

triadic

#55AFBE #BE55AF #AFBE55

tetradic

#55AFBE #9955BE #BE6455 #7BBE55

square

#55AFBE #9955BE #BE6455 #7BBE55

split-complementary

#55AFBE #BE557B #BE9955

monochromatic

#2A656E #3B8D9B #55AFBE #81C4CF #AED9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#55AFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#55AFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFBE

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFBE	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.088 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7d1',
    500: '#55afbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afbe;
$custom-light: #8ec7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70466,
    "c": 0.08827,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFBE

secondary

#CEA7A1

accent

#6653D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFBE

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

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