#55C5AB#55C5AB

#55C5AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.110 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55C5AB
RGBrgb(85, 197, 171)
HSLhsl(166, 49%, 55%)
HSVhsv(166, 57%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(56.9%, 0%, 13.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.76, -38.19, 3.48)
CIE-LCHlch(72.76, 38.35, 174.80°)
OKLaboklab(75.14% -0.1092 0.0086)
OKLCHoklch(75.14% 0.11 175.5)
XYZxyz(31.0599, 44.8010, 45.5308)
Luminance0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55C5AB #C5556F
analogous
#55C573 #55C5AB #55A7C5
triadic
#55C5AB #AB55C5 #C5AB55
tetradic
#55C5AB #7355C5 #C5556F #A7C555
square
#55C5AB #7355C5 #C5556F #A7C555
split-complementary
#55C5AB #C555A7 #C57355
monochromatic
#297765 #38A58B #55C5AB #83D5C2 #B0E4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11
#55C5AB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96
#55C5AB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5AB
9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55C5AB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55C5AB1.002.119.969.96
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9621.001.001.00
##0000009.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFBAAA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEADAD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55c5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.110 175.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd7c4',
    500: '#55c5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55c5ab;
$custom-light: #8fd7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55c5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.071,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75137,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55C5AB
secondary
#D2A3AE
accent
#4F6FD9
background
#F9FDFC
surface
#F2FAF8
border
#CCD3D1
text
#0D1412
muted
#7E8381

Preview Lab

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#55C5AB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva