#55BEAE#55BEAE

#55BEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.100 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEAE
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -34.22, -1.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 34.24, 181.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.1001 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.1 182)
XYZ	xyz(29.7964, 41.8113, 46.5363)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEAE #BE5565

analogous

#55BE7A #55BEAE #559ABE

triadic

#55BEAE #AE55BE #BEAE55

tetradic

#55BEAE #7A55BE #BE5565 #9ABE55

square

#55BEAE #7A55BE #BE5565 #9ABE55

split-complementary

#55BEAE #BE559A #BE7A55

monochromatic

#2A6E64 #3B9B8C #55BEAE #81CFC3 #AEE0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#55BEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#55BEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEAE

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEAE	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55beae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.100 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2c6',
    500: '#55beae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55beae;
$custom-light: #8ed2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55beae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.857,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73523,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.41814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEAE

secondary

#CEA1A8

accent

#5367D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEAE

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

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