#55B4AE#55B4AE

#55B4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.090 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B4AE
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -29.45, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 29.96, 190.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.089 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.09 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7043, 37.6272, 45.8390)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B4AE #B4555B

analogous

#55B47F #55B4AE #558AB4

triadic

#55B4AE #AE55B4 #B4AE55

tetradic

#55B4AE #7F55B4 #B4555B #8AB455

square

#55B4AE #7F55B4 #B4555B #8AB455

split-complementary

#55B4AE #B4558A #B47F55

monochromatic

#2C635F #3E8D88 #55B4AE #7FC7C2 #AAD9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#55B4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#55B4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B4AE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B4AE	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BB8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.090 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbc6',
    500: '#55b4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b4ae;
$custom-light: #8dcbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.211,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.711,
    "c": 0.09033,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B4AE

secondary

#C79EA0

accent

#5961CF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B4AE

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

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