#55C5BB#55C5BB

#55C5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.103 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5BB
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 187)
HSL	hsl(175, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(175, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -34.15, -4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 34.45, 187.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.102 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.103 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6783, 45.4484, 54.0543)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5BB #C5555F

analogous

#55C583 #55C5BB #5597C5

triadic

#55C5BB #BB55C5 #C5BB55

tetradic

#55C5BB #8355C5 #C5555F #97C555

square

#55C5BB #8355C5 #C5555F #97C555

split-complementary

#55C5BB #C55597 #C58355

monochromatic

#297770 #38A59B #55C5BB #83D5CD #B0E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#55C5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#55C5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5BB

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5BB	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.103 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d7cf',
    500: '#55c5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5bb;
$custom-light: #90d7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.643,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75623,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5BB

secondary

#D2A3A8

accent

#4F5BD9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5BB

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

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