#55C8AE#55C8AE

#55C8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.111 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8AE
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(166, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -38.82, 3.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 38.96, 175.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.1111 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.111 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0371, 46.2927, 47.2832)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8AE #C8556F

analogous

#55C874 #55C8AE #55A8C8

triadic

#55C8AE #AE55C8 #C8AE55

tetradic

#55C8AE #7455C8 #C8556F #A8C855

square

#55C8AE #7455C8 #C8556F #A8C855

split-complementary

#55C8AE #C855A8 #C87455

monochromatic

#287B68 #37A98F #55C8AE #83D7C4 #B1E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#55C8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#55C8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8AE

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8AE	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.111 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9c6',
    500: '#55c8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8ae;
$custom-light: #8fd9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.435,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75954,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8AE

secondary

#D4A5AF

accent

#4D6DDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8AE

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

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