#55B4AF#55B4AF

#55B4AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.090 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B4AF
RGB	rgb(85, 180, 175)
HSL	hsl(177, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 2.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -29.19, -6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 29.80, 191.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0886 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.09 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8022, 37.6664, 46.3543)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B4AF #B4555A

analogous

#55B480 #55B4AF #558AB4

triadic

#55B4AF #AF55B4 #B4AF55

tetradic

#55B4AF #8055B4 #B4555A #8AB455

square

#55B4AF #8055B4 #B4555A #8AB455

split-complementary

#55B4AF #B4558A #B48055

monochromatic

#2C6360 #3E8D89 #55B4AF #7FC7C3 #AAD9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#55B4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#55B4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B4AF

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B4AF	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)

#ABACAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 180, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.090 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcbc6',
    500: '#55b4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b4af;
$custom-light: #8dcbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71133,
    "c": 0.09014,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B4AF

secondary

#C79EA0

accent

#595FCF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B4AF

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

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