#55BCAA#55BCAA

#55BCAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.100 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCAA
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 170)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -34.30, 0.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 34.30, 179.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0997 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.1 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9820, 40.7973, 44.3697)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCAA #BC5567

analogous

#55BC76 #55BCAA #559ABC

triadic

#55BCAA #AA55BC #BCAA55

tetradic

#55BCAA #7655BC #BC5567 #9ABC55

square

#55BCAA #7655BC #BC5567 #9ABC55

split-complementary

#55BCAA #BC559A #BC7655

monochromatic

#2B6C61 #3C9888 #55BCAA #81CDC0 #ADDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#55BCAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#55BCAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCAA

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCAA	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.100 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0c3',
    500: '#55bcaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcaa;
$custom-light: #8ed0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.515,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72915,
    "c": 0.09973,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCAA

secondary

#CCA0A8

accent

#556BD3

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCAA

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

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