#55BCAE#55BCAE

#55BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.098 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCAE
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -33.28, -1.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 33.34, 183.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0979 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.098 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3662, 40.9509, 46.3929)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCAE #BC5563

analogous

#55BC7A #55BCAE #5596BC

triadic

#55BCAE #AE55BC #BCAE55

tetradic

#55BCAE #7A55BC #BC5563 #96BC55

square

#55BCAE #7A55BC #BC5563 #96BC55

split-complementary

#55BCAE #BC5596 #BC7A55

monochromatic

#2B6C63 #3C988B #55BCAE #81CDC3 #ADDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#55BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#55BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCAE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCAE	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.098 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0c6',
    500: '#55bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55bcae;
$custom-light: #8ed0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.845,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73038,
    "c": 0.09812,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCAE

secondary

#CCA0A6

accent

#5566D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCAE

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

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