#55BEAF#55BEAF

#55BEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.100 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEAF
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 175)
HSL	hsl(171, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -33.97, -1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 34.01, 182.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0997 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.1 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8942, 41.8505, 47.0517)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEAF #BE5564

analogous

#55BE7B #55BEAF #5599BE

triadic

#55BEAF #AF55BE #BEAF55

tetradic

#55BEAF #7B55BE #BE5564 #99BE55

square

#55BEAF #7B55BE #BE5564 #99BE55

split-complementary

#55BEAF #BE5599 #BE7B55

monochromatic

#2A6E65 #3B9B8D #55BEAF #81CFC4 #AEE0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#55BEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#55BEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEAF

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEAF	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55beaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.100 182.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55beaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73554,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEAF

secondary

#CEA1A7

accent

#5366D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEAF

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

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