#55BEAC#55BEAC

#55BEAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.101 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55BEAC
RGB	rgb(85, 190, 172)
HSL	hsl(170, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -34.73, -0.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 34.73, 180.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.101 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.101 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6029, 41.7339, 45.5171)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55BEAC #BE5567

analogous

#55BE78 #55BEAC #559CBE

triadic

#55BEAC #AC55BE #BEAC55

tetradic

#55BEAC #7855BE #BE5567 #9CBE55

square

#55BEAC #7855BE #BE5567 #9CBE55

split-complementary

#55BEAC #BE559C #BE7855

monochromatic

#2A6E63 #3B9B8A #55BEAC #81CFC2 #AEE0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#55BEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#55BEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55BEAC

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55BEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55BEAC	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55beac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 190, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.101 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2c4',
    500: '#55beac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55beac;
$custom-light: #8ed2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55beac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.714,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73462,
    "c": 0.10105,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55BEAC

secondary

#CEA1A9

accent

#536AD4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #55BEAC

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

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