#55C5AE#55C5AE

#55C5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.108 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5AE
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(168, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -37.46, 1.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 37.51, 177.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.1078 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.108 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3491, 44.9167, 47.0539)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5AE #C5556C

analogous

#55C576 #55C5AE #55A4C5

triadic

#55C5AE #AE55C5 #C5AE55

tetradic

#55C5AE #7655C5 #C5556C #A4C555

square

#55C5AE #7655C5 #C5556C #A4C555

split-complementary

#55C5AE #C555A4 #C57655

monochromatic

#297767 #38A58E #55C5AE #83D5C4 #B0E4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#55C5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#55C5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5AE

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5AE	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.108 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd7c6',
    500: '#55c5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5ae;
$custom-light: #8fd7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.679,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75224,
    "c": 0.10791,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5AE

secondary

#D2A3AD

accent

#4F6BD9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5AE

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

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