#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
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(163, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(163, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -37.23, 6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 37.74, 170.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.1052 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.106 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8983, 40.3638, 38.6619)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##55BC9E	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55BC9E

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

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