#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
RGBrgb(85, 188, 160)
HSLhsl(164, 43%, 54%)
HSVhsv(164, 55%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(54.8%, 0%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.78, -36.75, 5.16)
CIE-LCHlch(69.78, 37.11, 172.01°)
OKLaboklab(72.62% -0.1043 0.0131)
OKLCHoklch(72.62% 0.105 172.9)
XYZxyz(28.0718, 40.4332, 39.5759)
Luminance0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##55BCA01.002.319.099.09
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0921.001.001.00
##0000009.0921.001.001.00

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

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#55BCA0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva