#55C8A4#55C8A4

#55C8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.118 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8A4
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 164)
HSL	hsl(161, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(161, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 18%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -41.20, 8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 42.03, 168.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.1156 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.118 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0982, 45.9172, 42.3388)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8A4 #C85579

analogous

#55C86A #55C8A4 #55B3C8

triadic

#55C8A4 #A455C8 #C8A455

tetradic

#55C8A4 #6A55C8 #C85579 #B3C855

square

#55C8A4 #6A55C8 #C85579 #B3C855

split-complementary

#55C8A4 #C855B3 #C86A55

monochromatic

#287B61 #37A985 #55C8A4 #83D7BD #B1E6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#55C8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#55C8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8A4

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8A4	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)

#C3BCA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BC9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.118 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9bf',
    500: '#55c8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8a4;
$custom-light: #8fd9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.217,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75675,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8A4

secondary

#D4A5B3

accent

#4D79DB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF7

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8A4

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

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