#55C8A1#55C8A1

#55C8A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.120 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8A1
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 161)
HSL	hsl(160, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(160, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 19.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -41.89, 9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 43.03, 166.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.117 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.12 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8305, 45.8101, 40.9288)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8A1 #C8557C

analogous

#55C867 #55C8A1 #55B5C8

triadic

#55C8A1 #A155C8 #C8A155

tetradic

#55C8A1 #6755C8 #C8557C #B5C855

square

#55C8A1 #6755C8 #C8557C #B5C855

split-complementary

#55C8A1 #C855B5 #C86755

monochromatic

#287B5F #37A982 #55C8A1 #83D7BB #B1E6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#55C8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#55C8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8A1

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8A1	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AFA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.120 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9bc',
    500: '#55c8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8a1;
$custom-light: #8fd9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.652,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75596,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8A1

secondary

#D4A5B5

accent

#4D7DDB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF6

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8A1

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

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