#55CEAE#55CEAE

#55CEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.118 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEAE
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 174)
HSL	hsl(164, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 15.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -41.50, 5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 41.91, 171.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.1175 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.118 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4540, 49.1266, 47.7555)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEAE #CE5575

analogous

#55CE72 #55CEAE #55B2CE

triadic

#55CEAE #AE55CE #CEAE55

tetradic

#55CEAE #7255CE #CE5575 #B2CE55

square

#55CEAE #7255CE #CE5575 #B2CE55

split-complementary

#55CEAE #CE55B2 #CE7255

monochromatic

#26836A #33B291 #55CEAE #85DCC5 #B4E9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#55CEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#55CEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEAE

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEAE	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ceae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.118 172.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ceae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.132,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77414,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEAE

secondary

#D8A7B4

accent

#4971DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEAE

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

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