#55B2AE#55B2AE

#55B2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.089 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2AE
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 0%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -28.48, -6.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 29.19, 192.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0868 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.089 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3035, 36.8256, 45.7054)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2AE #B25559

analogous

#55B280 #55B2AE #5588B2

triadic

#55B2AE #AE55B2 #B2AE55

tetradic

#55B2AE #8055B2 #B25559 #88B255

square

#55B2AE #8055B2 #B25559 #88B255

split-complementary

#55B2AE #B25588 #B28055

monochromatic

#2C615E #3F8B88 #55B2AE #7FC5C2 #A9D8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#55B2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#55B2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2AE

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2AE	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EB6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.089 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9c6',
    500: '#55b2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2ae;
$custom-light: #8dc9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.419,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70616,
    "c": 0.08856,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2AE

secondary

#C69D9F

accent

#5A5FCE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2AE

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

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