#55C5BC#55C5BC

#55C5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.103 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5BC
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 188)
HSL	hsl(175, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(175, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 4.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -33.89, -5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 34.27, 188.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.1016 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.103 188)
XYZ	xyz(32.7857, 45.4914, 54.6201)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5BC #C5555E

analogous

#55C584 #55C5BC #5596C5

triadic

#55C5BC #BC55C5 #C5BC55

tetradic

#55C5BC #8455C5 #C5555E #96C555

square

#55C5BC #8455C5 #C5555E #96C555

split-complementary

#55C5BC #C55596 #C58455

monochromatic

#297771 #38A59C #55C5BC #83D5CE #B0E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#55C5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#55C5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5BC

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5BC	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.103 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d7d0',
    500: '#55c5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5bc;
$custom-light: #90d7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.179,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75655,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.45495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5BC

secondary

#D2A3A7

accent

#4F5AD9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5BC

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

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