#55C0BC#55C0BC

#55C0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.098 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C0BC
RGB	rgb(85, 192, 188)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 2.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -31.51, -7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 32.35, 193.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0962 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.098 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6692, 43.2583, 54.2479)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C0BC #C05559

analogous

#55C087 #55C0BC #558FC0

triadic

#55C0BC #BC55C0 #C0BC55

tetradic

#55C0BC #8755C0 #C05559 #8FC055

square

#55C0BC #8755C0 #C05559 #8FC055

split-complementary

#55C0BC #C0558F #C08755

monochromatic

#2A716E #3A9D9A #55C0BC #82D1CE #AEE1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#55C0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#55C0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C0BC

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C0BC	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 192, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.098 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd3d0',
    500: '#55c0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c0bc;
$custom-light: #8fd3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.757,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74454,
    "c": 0.09828,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C0BC

secondary

#CFA2A3

accent

#5257D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C0BC

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

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