#55C3BC#55C3BC

#55C3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.101 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3BC
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -32.94, -5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 33.48, 190.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0994 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.101 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3346, 44.5891, 54.4697)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3BC #C3555C

analogous

#55C385 #55C3BC #5593C3

triadic

#55C3BC #BC55C3 #C3BC55

tetradic

#55C3BC #8555C3 #C3555C #93C355

square

#55C3BC #8555C3 #C3555C #93C355

split-complementary

#55C3BC #C35593 #C38555

monochromatic

#297470 #39A29B #55C3BC #82D3CE #AFE3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#55C3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#55C3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3BC

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3BC	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.101 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd5d0',
    500: '#55c3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3bc;
$custom-light: #8fd5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.182,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75175,
    "c": 0.10082,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3BC

secondary

#D1A3A6

accent

#5059D7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3BC

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

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