#55C2BD#55C2BD

#55C2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.100 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C2BD
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 189)
HSL	hsl(177, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -32.20, -6.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 32.94, 192.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0979 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.1 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2194, 44.1858, 54.9650)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C2BD #C2555A

analogous

#55C287 #55C2BD #5590C2

triadic

#55C2BD #BD55C2 #C2BD55

tetradic

#55C2BD #8755C2 #C2555A #90C255

square

#55C2BD #8755C2 #C2555A #90C255

split-complementary

#55C2BD #C25590 #C28755

monochromatic

#297370 #3AA09C #55C2BD #82D2CE #AFE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#55C2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#55C2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C2BD

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C2BD	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.100 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd5d0',
    500: '#55c2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c2bd;
$custom-light: #8fd5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.248,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74967,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C2BD

secondary

#D0A2A5

accent

#5157D7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C2BD

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

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