#55BC9E#55BC9E

#55BC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55BC9E
RGBrgb(85, 188, 158)
HSLhsl(163, 43%, 54%)
HSVhsv(163, 55%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(54.8%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.73, -37.23, 6.18)
CIE-LCHlch(69.73, 37.74, 170.57°)
OKLaboklab(72.57% -0.1052 0.0158)
OKLCHoklch(72.57% 0.106 171.5)
XYZxyz(27.8983, 40.3638, 38.6619)
Luminance0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55BC9E #BC5573
analogous
#55BC6A #55BC9E #55A6BC
triadic
#55BC9E #9E55BC #BC9E55
tetradic
#55BC9E #6A55BC #BC5573 #A6BC55
square
#55BC9E #6A55BC #BC5573 #A6BC55
split-complementary
#55BC9E #BC55A6 #BC6A55
monochromatic
#2B6C59 #3C987D #55BC9E #81CDB7 #ADDFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#55BC9E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07
#55BC9E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BC9E
9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55BC9E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55BC9E1.002.319.079.07
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0721.001.001.00
##0000009.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7B19D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7A6A0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#20BDB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55bc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 171.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1ba',
    500: '#55bc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55bc9e;
$custom-light: #8dd1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55bc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.524,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72565,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55BC9E
secondary
#CCA0AD
accent
#5579D3
background
#F9FCFB
surface
#F1F9F6
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0D1411
muted
#7E8280

Preview Lab

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#55BC9E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva