#55C6BD#55C6BD

#55C6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.103 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C6BD
RGB	rgb(85, 198, 189)
HSL	hsl(175, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(175, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 4.5%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -34.09, -5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 34.48, 188.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.1022 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.103 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1217, 45.9903, 55.2657)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C6BD #C6555E

analogous

#55C684 #55C6BD #5597C6

triadic

#55C6BD #BD55C6 #C6BD55

tetradic

#55C6BD #8455C6 #C6555E #97C655

square

#55C6BD #8455C6 #C6555E #97C655

split-complementary

#55C6BD #C65597 #C68455

monochromatic

#287872 #38A69D #55C6BD #83D5CF #B1E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#55C6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#55C6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C6BD

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C6BD	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 198, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.103 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d8d0',
    500: '#55c6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c6bd;
$custom-light: #90d8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.221,
    "s": 49.78,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75928,
    "c": 0.10324,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C6BD

secondary

#D3A4A8

accent

#4E5AD9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C6BD

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

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