#55BAAE#55BAAE

#55BAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.096 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BAAE
RGB	rgb(85, 186, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -32.34, -2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 32.46, 185.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0957 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.096 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9419, 40.1024, 46.2515)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BAAE #BA5561

analogous

#55BA7B #55BAAE #5593BA

triadic

#55BAAE #AE55BA #BAAE55

tetradic

#55BAAE #7B55BA #BA5561 #93BA55

square

#55BAAE #7B55BA #BA5561 #93BA55

split-complementary

#55BAAE #BA5593 #BA7B55

monochromatic

#2B6A62 #3D958B #55BAAE #81CCC3 #ACDDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#55BAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#55BAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BAAE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BAAE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55baae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 186, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.096 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfc6',
    500: '#55baae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55baae;
$custom-light: #8ecfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55baae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.871,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72553,
    "c": 0.09607,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BAAE

secondary

#CBA0A5

accent

#5665D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BAAE

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

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