#55C3BB#55C3BB

#55C3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.101 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3BB
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 187)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -33.21, -5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 33.65, 189.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0999 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.101 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2272, 44.5462, 53.9040)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3BB #C3555D

analogous

#55C384 #55C3BB #5594C3

triadic

#55C3BB #BB55C3 #C3BB55

tetradic

#55C3BB #8455C3 #C3555D #94C355

square

#55C3BB #8455C3 #C3555D #94C355

split-complementary

#55C3BB #C35594 #C38455

monochromatic

#29746F #39A29A #55C3BB #82D3CD #AFE3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#55C3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#55C3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3BB

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3BB	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.101 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd5cf',
    500: '#55c3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3bb;
$custom-light: #8fd5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.636,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75142,
    "c": 0.10103,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3BB

secondary

#D1A3A6

accent

#505AD7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3BB

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

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