#55C8A2#55C8A2

#55C8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.119 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8A2
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 162)
HSL	hsl(160, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(160, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 19%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -41.67, 9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 42.70, 167.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.1165 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.119 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9190, 45.8455, 41.3951)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8A2 #C8557B

analogous

#55C868 #55C8A2 #55B4C8

triadic

#55C8A2 #A255C8 #C8A255

tetradic

#55C8A2 #6855C8 #C8557B #B4C855

square

#55C8A2 #6855C8 #C8557B #B4C855

split-complementary

#55C8A2 #C855B4 #C86855

monochromatic

#287B5F #37A983 #55C8A2 #83D7BB #B1E6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#55C8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#55C8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8A2

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8A2	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BCA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AFA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.119 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9bd',
    500: '#55c8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8a2;
$custom-light: #8fd9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.174,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75622,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8A2

secondary

#D4A5B4

accent

#4D7CDB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF6

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8A2

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

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