#55C0AD#55C0AD

#55C0AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.103 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C0AD
RGB	rgb(85, 192, 173)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 9.9%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -35.41, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 35.41, 179.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.1028 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.103 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1354, 42.6448, 46.1702)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C0AD #C05568

analogous

#55C078 #55C0AD #559EC0

triadic

#55C0AD #AD55C0 #C0AD55

tetradic

#55C0AD #7855C0 #C05568 #9EC055

square

#55C0AD #7855C0 #C05568 #9EC055

split-complementary

#55C0AD #C0559E #C07855

monochromatic

#2A7164 #3A9D8C #55C0AD #82D1C3 #AEE1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#55C0AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#55C0AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C0AD

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C0AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C0AD	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c0ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 192, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.103 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed3c5',
    500: '#55c0ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c0ad;
$custom-light: #8ed3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c0ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.346,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73979,
    "c": 0.1028,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C0AD

secondary

#CFA2AA

accent

#526AD6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C0AD

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

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