#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
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(166, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 13.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -38.19, 3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 38.35, 174.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.1092 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.11 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0599, 44.8010, 45.5308)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##55C5AB	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55C5AB

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

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