#55C0B2#55C0B2

#55C0B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.101 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C0B2
RGB	rgb(85, 192, 178)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 7.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -34.14, -2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 34.21, 183.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.1006 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.101 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6283, 42.8420, 48.7661)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C0B2 #C05563

analogous

#55C07D #55C0B2 #5598C0

triadic

#55C0B2 #B255C0 #C0B255

tetradic

#55C0B2 #7D55C0 #C05563 #98C055

square

#55C0B2 #7D55C0 #C05563 #98C055

split-complementary

#55C0B2 #C05598 #C07D55

monochromatic

#2A7168 #3A9D90 #55C0B2 #82D1C6 #AEE1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#55C0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#55C0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C0B2

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C0B2	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B6B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 192, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.101 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd3c9',
    500: '#55c0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c0b2;
$custom-light: #8fd3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.15,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74132,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C0B2

secondary

#CFA2A8

accent

#5263D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C0B2

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

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