#55C1BB#55C1BB

#55C1BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.099 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C1BB
RGB	rgb(85, 193, 187)
HSL	hsl(177, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 3.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -32.26, -6.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 32.88, 191.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0977 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.099 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7820, 43.6560, 53.7556)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C1BB #C1555B

analogous

#55C185 #55C1BB #5591C1

triadic

#55C1BB #BB55C1 #C1BB55

tetradic

#55C1BB #8555C1 #C1555B #91C155

square

#55C1BB #8555C1 #C1555B #91C155

split-complementary

#55C1BB #C15591 #C18555

monochromatic

#2A726E #3A9F99 #55C1BB #82D1CD #AFE2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#55C1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#55C1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C1BB

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C1BB	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 193, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.099 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd4cf',
    500: '#55c1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c1bb;
$custom-light: #8fd4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74662,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C1BB

secondary

#D0A2A5

accent

#5259D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C1BB

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

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