#55B2AA#55B2AA

#55B2AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.089 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2AA
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -29.53, -4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 29.85, 188.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0885 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.089 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9193, 36.6719, 43.6822)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2AA #B2555D

analogous

#55B27C #55B2AA #558CB2

triadic

#55B2AA #AA55B2 #B2AA55

tetradic

#55B2AA #7C55B2 #B2555D #8CB255

square

#55B2AA #7C55B2 #B2555D #8CB255

split-complementary

#55B2AA #B2558C #B27C55

monochromatic

#2C615C #3F8B84 #55B2AA #7FC5BF #A9D8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#55B2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#55B2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2AA

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2AA	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.089 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9c3',
    500: '#55b2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2aa;
$custom-light: #8dc9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.839,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70484,
    "c": 0.08935,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2AA

secondary

#C69DA0

accent

#5A64CE

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2AA

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

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