#55C2BA#55C2BA

#55C2BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.100 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C2BA
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 186)
HSL	hsl(176, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -33.00, -5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 33.44, 189.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0992 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.1 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8972, 44.0569, 53.2677)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C2BA #C2555D

analogous

#55C283 #55C2BA #5594C2

triadic

#55C2BA #BA55C2 #C2BA55

tetradic

#55C2BA #8355C2 #C2555D #94C255

square

#55C2BA #8355C2 #C2555D #94C255

split-complementary

#55C2BA #C25594 #C28355

monochromatic

#29736E #3AA099 #55C2BA #82D2CC #AFE2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#55C2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#55C2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C2BA

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C2BA	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.100 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd5ce',
    500: '#55c2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c2ba;
$custom-light: #8fd5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.596,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74869,
    "c": 0.10036,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C2BA

secondary

#D0A2A6

accent

#515BD7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C2BA

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

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