#55C8A8#55C8A8

#55C8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8A8
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(163, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 16%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -40.26, 6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 40.75, 171.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.1138 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.115 172)
XYZ	xyz(31.4652, 46.0639, 44.2712)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8A8 #C85575

analogous

#55C86E #55C8A8 #55AEC8

triadic

#55C8A8 #A855C8 #C8A855

tetradic

#55C8A8 #6E55C8 #C85575 #AEC855

square

#55C8A8 #6E55C8 #C85575 #AEC855

split-complementary

#55C8A8 #C855AE #C86E55

monochromatic

#287B64 #37A989 #55C8A8 #83D7C0 #B1E6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#55C8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#55C8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8A8

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8A8	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9c1',
    500: '#55c8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8a8;
$custom-light: #8fd9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.304,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75784,
    "c": 0.11491,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.46067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8A8

secondary

#D4A5B2

accent

#4D75DB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF7

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8A8

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

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