#55C0BD#55C0BD

#55C0BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.098 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C0BD
RGB	rgb(85, 192, 189)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 1.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -31.25, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 32.20, 194.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0957 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.098 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7773, 43.3016, 54.8176)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C0BD #C05558

analogous

#55C088 #55C0BD #558EC0

triadic

#55C0BD #BD55C0 #C0BD55

tetradic

#55C0BD #8855C0 #C05558 #8EC055

square

#55C0BD #8855C0 #C05558 #8EC055

split-complementary

#55C0BD #C0558E #C08855

monochromatic

#2A716F #3A9D9B #55C0BD #82D1CE #AEE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#55C0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#55C0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C0BD

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C0BD	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 192, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.098 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd3d0',
    500: '#55c0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c0bd;
$custom-light: #8fd3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.318,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74488,
    "c": 0.09816,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C0BD

secondary

#CFA2A3

accent

#5256D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C0BD

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

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