#55C4BD#55C4BD

#55C4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.101 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4BD
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 189)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -33.15, -6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 33.69, 190.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.1001 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.101 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6676, 45.0820, 55.1144)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4BD #C4555C

analogous

#55C485 #55C4BD #5594C4

triadic

#55C4BD #BD55C4 #C4BD55

tetradic

#55C4BD #8555C4 #C4555C #94C455

square

#55C4BD #8555C4 #C4555C #94C455

split-complementary

#55C4BD #C45594 #C48555

monochromatic

#297671 #39A39C #55C4BD #82D4CF #B0E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#55C4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#55C4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4BD

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4BD	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.101 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d6d0',
    500: '#55c4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4bd;
$custom-light: #90d6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.216,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75447,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4BD

secondary

#D2A3A6

accent

#5058D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4BD

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

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