#55BCA0#55BCA0

#55BCA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.105 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCA0
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 160)
HSL	hsl(164, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(164, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -36.75, 5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 37.11, 172.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.1043 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.105 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0718, 40.4332, 39.5759)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCA0 #BC5571

analogous

#55BC6C #55BCA0 #55A4BC

triadic

#55BCA0 #A055BC #BCA055

tetradic

#55BCA0 #6C55BC #BC5571 #A4BC55

square

#55BCA0 #6C55BC #BC5571 #A4BC55

split-complementary

#55BCA0 #BC55A4 #BC6C55

monochromatic

#2B6C5A #3C987F #55BCA0 #81CDB9 #ADDFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#55BCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#55BCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCA0

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCA0	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.105 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1bc',
    500: '#55bca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bca0;
$custom-light: #8dd1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.689,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72621,
    "c": 0.1051,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCA0

secondary

#CCA0AC

accent

#5577D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCA0

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

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