#55C7BD#55C7BD

#55C7BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.104 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C7BD
RGB	rgb(85, 199, 189)
HSL	hsl(175, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 5%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -34.56, -4.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 34.88, 187.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.1033 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.104 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3510, 46.4489, 55.3422)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C7BD #C7555F

analogous

#55C784 #55C7BD #5598C7

triadic

#55C7BD #BD55C7 #C7BD55

tetradic

#55C7BD #8455C7 #C7555F #98C755

square

#55C7BD #8455C7 #C7555F #98C755

split-complementary

#55C7BD #C75598 #C78455

monochromatic

#287A72 #37A89E #55C7BD #83D6CF #B1E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#55C7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#55C7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C7BD

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C7BD	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBDBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 199, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.104 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d8d0',
    500: '#55c7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c7bd;
$custom-light: #90d8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.737,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76168,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C7BD

secondary

#D4A4A8

accent

#4E5ADA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C7BD

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

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