#55CAAD#55CAAD

#55CAAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.114 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CAAD
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 173)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 14.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -39.96, 4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 40.23, 173.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.1137 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.114 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4062, 47.1863, 46.9271)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CAAD #CA5572

analogous

#55CA73 #55CAAD #55ADCA

triadic

#55CAAD #AD55CA #CAAD55

tetradic

#55CAAD #7355CA #CA5572 #ADCA55

square

#55CAAD #7355CA #CA5572 #ADCA55

split-complementary

#55CAAD #CA55AD #CA7355

monochromatic

#277D68 #36AC8F #55CAAD #84D9C4 #B2E7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#55CAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#55CAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAAD

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CAAD	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55caad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.114 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbc5',
    500: '#55caad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55caad;
$custom-light: #8fdbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55caad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.128,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76412,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CAAD

secondary

#D5A5B1

accent

#4C70DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CAAD

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

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