#55C3BD#55C3BD

#55C3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.101 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3BD
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 189)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -32.68, -6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 33.31, 191.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.099 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.101 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4428, 44.6324, 55.0394)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3BD #C3555B

analogous

#55C386 #55C3BD #5592C3

triadic

#55C3BD #BD55C3 #C3BD55

tetradic

#55C3BD #8655C3 #C3555B #92C355

square

#55C3BD #8655C3 #C3555B #92C355

split-complementary

#55C3BD #C35592 #C38655

monochromatic

#297470 #39A29C #55C3BD #82D3CF #AFE3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#55C3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#55C3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3BD

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3BD	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.101 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d5d0',
    500: '#55c3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3bd;
$custom-light: #90d5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.727,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75207,
    "c": 0.10062,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3BD

secondary

#D1A3A5

accent

#5058D7

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3BD

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

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