#55BCA3#55BCA3

#55BCA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.103 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCA3
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 163)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 13.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -36.03, 3.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 36.21, 174.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.1029 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.103 175)
XYZ	xyz(28.3374, 40.5394, 40.9748)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCA3 #BC556E

analogous

#55BC6F #55BCA3 #55A1BC

triadic

#55BCA3 #A355BC #BCA355

tetradic

#55BCA3 #6F55BC #BC556E #A1BC55

square

#55BCA3 #6F55BC #BC556E #A1BC55

split-complementary

#55BCA3 #BC55A1 #BC6F55

monochromatic

#2B6C5C #3C9882 #55BCA3 #81CDBB #ADDFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#55BCA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#55BCA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCA3

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCA3	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.103 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0be',
    500: '#55bca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bca3;
$custom-light: #8dd0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.437,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72707,
    "c": 0.10331,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.40542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCA3

secondary

#CCA0AB

accent

#5573D3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCA3

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

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