#55C1BA#55C1BA

#55C1BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.099 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C1BA
RGB	rgb(85, 193, 186)
HSL	hsl(176, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 3.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -32.52, -5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 33.04, 190.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0981 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.099 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6754, 43.6133, 53.1938)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C1BA #C1555C

analogous

#55C184 #55C1BA #5592C1

triadic

#55C1BA #BA55C1 #C1BA55

tetradic

#55C1BA #8455C1 #C1555C #92C155

square

#55C1BA #8455C1 #C1555C #92C155

split-complementary

#55C1BA #C15592 #C18455

monochromatic

#2A726D #3A9F98 #55C1BA #82D1CC #AFE2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#55C1BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#55C1BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C1BA

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C1BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C1BA	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c1ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 193, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.099 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd4ce',
    500: '#55c1ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c1ba;
$custom-light: #8fd4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c1ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.111,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74629,
    "c": 0.09948,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C1BA

secondary

#D0A2A5

accent

#525AD6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C1BA

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

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