#55CDAE#55CDAE

#55CDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.117 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDAE
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(165, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 15.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -41.06, 5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 41.41, 172.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.1164 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.117 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2140, 48.6466, 47.6756)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDAE #CD5574

analogous

#55CD72 #55CDAE #55B0CD

triadic

#55CDAE #AE55CD #CDAE55

tetradic

#55CDAE #7255CD #CD5574 #B0CD55

square

#55CDAE #7255CD #CD5574 #B0CD55

split-complementary

#55CDAE #CD55B0 #CD7255

monochromatic

#26826A #34B191 #55CDAE #84DBC5 #B4E9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#55CDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#55CDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDAE

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDAE	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.117 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddc6',
    500: '#55cdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdae;
$custom-light: #90ddc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77171,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDAE

secondary

#D7A6B3

accent

#4A70DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDAE

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

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