#55C4BC#55C4BC

#55C4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.102 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4BC
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 188)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 4.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -33.41, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 33.87, 189.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.1005 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.102 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5594, 45.0388, 54.5447)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4BC #C4555D

analogous

#55C485 #55C4BC #5594C4

triadic

#55C4BC #BC55C4 #C4BC55

tetradic

#55C4BC #8555C4 #C4555D #94C455

square

#55C4BC #8555C4 #C4555D #94C455

split-complementary

#55C4BC #C45594 #C48555

monochromatic

#297670 #39A39B #55C4BC #82D4CE #B0E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#55C4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#55C4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4BC

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4BC	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.102 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6d0',
    500: '#55c4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4bc;
$custom-light: #90d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.676,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75415,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4BC

secondary

#D2A3A6

accent

#505AD8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4BC

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

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