#55BCAB#55BCAB

#55BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.099 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCAB
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -34.04, -0.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 34.05, 180.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0993 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.099 181)
XYZ	xyz(29.0770, 40.8352, 44.8698)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCAB #BC5566

analogous

#55BC77 #55BCAB #5599BC

triadic

#55BCAB #AB55BC #BCAB55

tetradic

#55BCAB #7755BC #BC5566 #99BC55

square

#55BCAB #7755BC #BC5566 #99BC55

split-complementary

#55BCAB #BC5599 #BC7755

monochromatic

#2B6C61 #3C9889 #55BCAB #81CDC1 #ADDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#55BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#55BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCAB

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCAB	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.099 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0c4',
    500: '#55bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcab;
$custom-light: #8ed0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.097,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72945,
    "c": 0.0993,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.40838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCAB

secondary

#CCA0A8

accent

#5569D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCAB

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

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