#55C8A6#55C8A6

#55C8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8A6
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 166)
HSL	hsl(162, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 17%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -40.74, 7.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 41.39, 169.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.1147 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.116 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2803, 45.9900, 43.2975)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8A6 #C85577

analogous

#55C86C #55C8A6 #55B0C8

triadic

#55C8A6 #A655C8 #C8A655

tetradic

#55C8A6 #6C55C8 #C85577 #B0C855

square

#55C8A6 #6C55C8 #C85577 #B0C855

split-complementary

#55C8A6 #C855B0 #C86C55

monochromatic

#287B62 #37A987 #55C8A6 #83D7BE #B1E6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#55C8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#55C8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8A6

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8A6	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BCA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9c0',
    500: '#55c8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8a6;
$custom-light: #8fd9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.261,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75729,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8A6

secondary

#D4A5B3

accent

#4D77DB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF7

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8A6

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

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