#55C6BB#55C6BB

#55C6BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.104 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C6BB
RGB	rgb(85, 198, 187)
HSL	hsl(174, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 5.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -34.62, -4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 34.86, 186.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.1031 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.104 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9061, 45.9040, 54.1303)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C6BB #C65560

analogous

#55C682 #55C6BB #5599C6

triadic

#55C6BB #BB55C6 #C6BB55

tetradic

#55C6BB #8255C6 #C65560 #99C655

square

#55C6BB #8255C6 #C65560 #99C655

split-complementary

#55C6BB #C65599 #C68255

monochromatic

#287870 #38A69B #55C6BB #83D5CD #B1E5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#55C6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#55C6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C6BB

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C6BB	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBCBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 198, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.104 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d8cf',
    500: '#55c6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c6bb;
$custom-light: #90d8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.159,
    "s": 49.78,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75864,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C6BB

secondary

#D3A4A8

accent

#4E5CD9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C6BB

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

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