#55C0BF#55C0BF

#55C0BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.098 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C0BF
RGB	rgb(85, 192, 191)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -30.71, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 31.94, 195.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0949 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.098 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9959, 43.3890, 55.9688)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C0BF #C05556

analogous

#55C08A #55C0BF #558CC0

triadic

#55C0BF #BF55C0 #C0BF55

tetradic

#55C0BF #8A55C0 #C05556 #8CC055

square

#55C0BF #8A55C0 #C05556 #8CC055

split-complementary

#55C0BF #C0558C #C08A55

monochromatic

#2A7170 #3A9D9D #55C0BF #82D1D0 #AEE1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#55C0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#55C0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C0BF

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C0BF	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ABC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 192, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.098 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd3d2',
    500: '#55c0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c0bf;
$custom-light: #8fd3d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.439,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74555,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C0BF

secondary

#CFA2A2

accent

#5253D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C0BF

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

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