#55C4BA#55C4BA

#55C4BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.102 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4BA
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 186)
HSL	hsl(175, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(175, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 5.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -33.94, -4.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 34.24, 187.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.1014 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.102 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3453, 44.9531, 53.4171)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4BA #C4555F

analogous

#55C483 #55C4BA #5596C4

triadic

#55C4BA #BA55C4 #C4BA55

tetradic

#55C4BA #8355C4 #C4555F #96C455

square

#55C4BA #8355C4 #C4555F #96C455

split-complementary

#55C4BA #C45596 #C48355

monochromatic

#29766F #39A39A #55C4BA #82D4CC #B0E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#55C4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#55C4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4BA

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4BA	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.102 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd6ce',
    500: '#55c4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4ba;
$custom-light: #8fd6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.595,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75351,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4BA

secondary

#D2A3A7

accent

#505CD8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4BA

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

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