#55BCAF#55BCAF

#55BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.098 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BCAF
RGB	rgb(85, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -33.03, -2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 33.12, 184.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0975 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.098 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4640, 40.9901, 46.9083)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BCAF #BC5562

analogous

#55BC7B #55BCAF #5595BC

triadic

#55BCAF #AF55BC #BCAF55

tetradic

#55BCAF #7B55BC #BC5562 #95BC55

square

#55BCAF #7B55BC #BC5562 #95BC55

split-complementary

#55BCAF #BC5595 #BC7B55

monochromatic

#2B6C64 #3C988C #55BCAF #81CDC4 #ADDFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#55BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#55BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BCAF

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BCAF	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.098 184.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.427,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73069,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BCAF

secondary

#CCA0A6

accent

#5565D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BCAF

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

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