#55B2A2#55B2A2

#55B2A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.092 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2A2
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 162)
HSL	hsl(170, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -31.59, -0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 31.59, 180.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0921 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.092 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1855, 36.3784, 39.8172)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2A2 #B25565

analogous

#55B274 #55B2A2 #5594B2

triadic

#55B2A2 #A255B2 #B2A255

tetradic

#55B2A2 #7455B2 #B25565 #94B255

square

#55B2A2 #7455B2 #B25565 #94B255

split-complementary

#55B2A2 #B25594 #B27455

monochromatic

#2C6158 #3F8B7E #55B2A2 #7FC5B9 #A9D8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#55B2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#55B2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2A2

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2A2	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.092 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc9bd',
    500: '#55b2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2a2;
$custom-light: #8cc9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.677,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70231,
    "c": 0.0921,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2A2

secondary

#C69DA4

accent

#5A6ECE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2A2

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

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