#55C8A5#55C8A5

#55C8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8A5
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 165)
HSL	hsl(162, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 17.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -40.97, 7.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 41.71, 169.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.1152 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.117 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1889, 45.9534, 42.8163)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8A5 #C85578

analogous

#55C86B #55C8A5 #55B1C8

triadic

#55C8A5 #A555C8 #C8A555

tetradic

#55C8A5 #6B55C8 #C85578 #B1C855

square

#55C8A5 #6B55C8 #C85578 #B1C855

split-complementary

#55C8A5 #C855B1 #C86B55

monochromatic

#287B62 #37A986 #55C8A5 #83D7BD #B1E6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#55C8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#55C8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8A5

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8A5	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BCA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9bf',
    500: '#55c8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8a5;
$custom-light: #8fd9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.739,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75702,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8A5

secondary

#D4A5B3

accent

#4D78DB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF7

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8A5

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

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