#55C8A9#55C8A9

#55C8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.114 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8A9
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(164, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(164, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -40.03, 5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 40.44, 171.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.1133 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.114 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5587, 46.1013, 44.7637)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8A9 #C85574

analogous

#55C86F #55C8A9 #55ADC8

triadic

#55C8A9 #A955C8 #C8A955

tetradic

#55C8A9 #6F55C8 #C85574 #ADC855

square

#55C8A9 #6F55C8 #C85574 #ADC855

split-complementary

#55C8A9 #C855AD #C86F55

monochromatic

#287B64 #37A98A #55C8A9 #83D7C0 #B1E6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#55C8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#55C8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8A9

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8A9	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.114 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9c2',
    500: '#55c8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8a9;
$custom-light: #8fd9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.826,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75812,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8A9

secondary

#D4A5B1

accent

#4D73DB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FAF7

border

#CCD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8A9

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

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