#55AFBF#55AFBF

#55AFBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.089 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AFBF
RGB	rgb(85, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(189, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -22.27, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 27.63, 216.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0762 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.089 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4765, 36.3501, 54.7957)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AFBF #BF6555

analogous

#55BF9A #55AFBF #557ABF

triadic

#55AFBF #BF55AF #AFBF55

tetradic

#55AFBF #9A55BF #BF6555 #7ABF55

square

#55AFBF #9A55BF #BF6555 #7ABF55

split-complementary

#55AFBF #BF557A #BF9A55

monochromatic

#2A6570 #3B8D9C #55AFBF #81C4D0 #AED9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#55AFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#55AFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AFBF

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AFBF	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919DBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55afbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.089 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7d2',
    500: '#55afbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55afbf;
$custom-light: #8ec7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55afbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.057,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70503,
    "c": 0.08862,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AFBF

secondary

#CEA8A1

accent

#6653D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AFBF

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

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