#55BCAC#55BCAC

#55BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.099 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCAC
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -33.79, -0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 33.81, 181.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0988 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.099 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1727, 40.8735, 45.3737)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCAC #BC5565

analogous

#55BC78 #55BCAC #5598BC

triadic

#55BCAC #AC55BC #BCAC55

tetradic

#55BCAC #7855BC #BC5565 #98BC55

square

#55BCAC #7855BC #BC5565 #98BC55

split-complementary

#55BCAC #BC5598 #BC7855

monochromatic

#2B6C62 #3C988A #55BCAC #81CDC1 #ADDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#55BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#55BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCAC

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCAC	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.099 181.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.68,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72976,
    "c": 0.09888,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCAC

secondary

#CCA0A7

accent

#5568D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCAC

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

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