#55C2BC#55C2BC

#55C2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.100 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C2BC
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -32.47, -6.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 33.09, 191.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0983 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.1 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1113, 44.1425, 54.3953)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C2BC #C2555B

analogous

#55C285 #55C2BC #5592C2

triadic

#55C2BC #BC55C2 #C2BC55

tetradic

#55C2BC #8555C2 #C2555B #92C255

square

#55C2BC #8555C2 #C2555B #92C255

split-complementary

#55C2BC #C25592 #C28555

monochromatic

#29736F #3AA09B #55C2BC #82D2CE #AFE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#55C2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#55C2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C2BC

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C2BC	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.100 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd5d0',
    500: '#55c2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c2bc;
$custom-light: #8fd5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.697,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74935,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C2BC

secondary

#D0A2A5

accent

#5158D7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C2BC

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

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