#55BCAD#55BCAD

#55BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.098 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCAD
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -33.54, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 33.57, 182.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0984 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.098 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2691, 40.9121, 45.8814)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCAD #BC5564

analogous

#55BC79 #55BCAD #5597BC

triadic

#55BCAD #AD55BC #BCAD55

tetradic

#55BCAD #7955BC #BC5564 #97BC55

square

#55BCAD #7955BC #BC5564 #97BC55

split-complementary

#55BCAD #BC5597 #BC7955

monochromatic

#2B6C62 #3C988B #55BCAD #81CDC2 #ADDFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#55BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#55BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCAD

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCAD	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)

#B4B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.098 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0c5',
    500: '#55bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcad;
$custom-light: #8ed0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.262,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73007,
    "c": 0.09849,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCAD

secondary

#CCA0A7

accent

#5567D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCAD

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

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