#55C1BD#55C1BD

#55C1BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.099 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C1BD
RGB	rgb(85, 193, 189)
HSL	hsl(178, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 2.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -31.72, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 32.57, 193.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0968 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.099 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9976, 43.7422, 54.8911)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C1BD #C15559

analogous

#55C187 #55C1BD #558FC1

triadic

#55C1BD #BD55C1 #C1BD55

tetradic

#55C1BD #8755C1 #C15559 #8FC155

square

#55C1BD #8755C1 #C15559 #8FC155

split-complementary

#55C1BD #C1558F #C18755

monochromatic

#2A726F #3A9F9B #55C1BD #82D1CE #AFE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#55C1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#55C1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C1BD

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C1BD	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 193, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.099 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd4d0',
    500: '#55c1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c1bd;
$custom-light: #8fd4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.778,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74728,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C1BD

secondary

#D0A2A4

accent

#5257D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C1BD

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

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