#55C1BF#55C1BF

#55C1BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.099 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C1BF
RGB	rgb(85, 193, 191)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -31.19, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 32.29, 195.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.096 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.099 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2162, 43.8296, 56.0423)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C1BF #C15557

analogous

#55C189 #55C1BF #558DC1

triadic

#55C1BF #BF55C1 #C1BF55

tetradic

#55C1BF #8955C1 #C15557 #8DC155

square

#55C1BF #8955C1 #C15557 #8DC155

split-complementary

#55C1BF #C1558D #C18955

monochromatic

#2A7271 #3A9F9D #55C1BF #82D1D0 #AFE2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#55C1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#55C1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C1BF

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C1BF	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 193, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.099 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd4d2',
    500: '#55c1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c1bf;
$custom-light: #8fd4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.889,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74794,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C1BF

secondary

#D0A2A3

accent

#5254D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C1BF

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

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