#55BC9D#55BC9D

#55BC9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55BC9D
RGBrgb(85, 188, 157)
HSLhsl(162, 43%, 54%)
HSVhsv(162, 55%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(54.8%, 0%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.70, -37.46, 6.69)
CIE-LCHlch(69.70, 38.06, 169.87°)
OKLaboklab(72.54% -0.1057 0.0171)
OKLCHoklch(72.54% 0.107 170.8)
XYZxyz(27.8125, 40.3295, 38.2104)
Luminance0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55BC9D #BC5574
analogous
#55BC69 #55BC9D #55A7BC
triadic
#55BC9D #9D55BC #BC9D55
tetradic
#55BC9D #6955BC #BC5574 #A7BC55
square
#55BC9D #6955BC #BC5574 #A7BC55
split-complementary
#55BC9D #BC55A7 #BC6955
monochromatic
#2B6C58 #3C987C #55BC9D #81CDB6 #ADDFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#55BC9D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07
#55BC9D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BC9D
9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55BC9D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55BC9D1.002.329.079.07
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0721.001.001.00
##0000009.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7B19C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A8A69F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#21BDB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55bc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 170.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1b9',
    500: '#55bc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55bc9d;
$custom-light: #8dd1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55bc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.942,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72538,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55BC9D
secondary
#CCA0AE
accent
#557BD3
background
#F9FCFB
surface
#F1F9F6
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0D1411
muted
#7E8280

Preview Lab

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#55BC9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva