#55B4AA#55B4AA

#55B4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.091 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B4AA
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(174, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -30.50, -3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 30.70, 186.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0908 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.091 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3202, 37.4736, 43.8158)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B4AA #B4555F

analogous

#55B47B #55B4AA #558FB4

triadic

#55B4AA #AA55B4 #B4AA55

tetradic

#55B4AA #7B55B4 #B4555F #8FB455

square

#55B4AA #7B55B4 #B4555F #8FB455

split-complementary

#55B4AA #B4558F #B47B55

monochromatic

#2C635D #3E8D85 #55B4AA #7FC7BF #AAD9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#55B4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#55B4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B4AA

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B4AA	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.091 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbc3',
    500: '#55b4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b4aa;
$custom-light: #8dcbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70969,
    "c": 0.09131,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B4AA

secondary

#C79EA2

accent

#5965CF

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B4AA

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

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