#55C8A3#55C8A3

#55C8A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.118 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8A3
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 163)
HSL	hsl(161, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(161, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 18.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -41.44, 8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 42.36, 167.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.1161 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.118 169)
XYZ	xyz(31.0083, 45.8812, 41.8651)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8A3 #C8557A

analogous

#55C869 #55C8A3 #55B3C8

triadic

#55C8A3 #A355C8 #C8A355

tetradic

#55C8A3 #6955C8 #C8557A #B3C855

square

#55C8A3 #6955C8 #C8557A #B3C855

split-complementary

#55C8A3 #C855B3 #C86955

monochromatic

#287B60 #37A984 #55C8A3 #83D7BC #B1E6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#55C8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#55C8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8A3

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8A3	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)

#C3BCA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.118 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9be',
    500: '#55c8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8a3;
$custom-light: #8fd9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.696,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75649,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.45884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8A3

secondary

#D4A5B4

accent

#4D7BDB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF6

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8A3

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

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