#55BCA2#55BCA2

#55BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.104 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCA2
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -36.27, 4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 36.51, 173.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.1034 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.104 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2482, 40.5037, 40.5048)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCA2 #BC556F

analogous

#55BC6E #55BCA2 #55A2BC

triadic

#55BCA2 #A255BC #BCA255

tetradic

#55BCA2 #6E55BC #BC556F #A2BC55

square

#55BCA2 #6E55BC #BC556F #A2BC55

split-complementary

#55BCA2 #BC55A2 #BC6E55

monochromatic

#2B6C5C #3C9881 #55BCA2 #81CDBA #ADDFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#55BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#55BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCA2

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCA2	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.104 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0bd',
    500: '#55bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bca2;
$custom-light: #8dd0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.854,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72678,
    "c": 0.10388,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCA2

secondary

#CCA0AB

accent

#5575D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCA2

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

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