#55C8B0#55C8B0

#55C8B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.110 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8B0
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 176)
HSL	hsl(167, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(167, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 12%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -38.33, 2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 38.39, 176.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.1102 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.11 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2335, 46.3713, 48.3177)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8B0 #C8556D

analogous

#55C876 #55C8B0 #55A6C8

triadic

#55C8B0 #B055C8 #C8B055

tetradic

#55C8B0 #7655C8 #C8556D #A6C855

square

#55C8B0 #7655C8 #C8556D #A6C855

split-complementary

#55C8B0 #C855A6 #C87655

monochromatic

#287B6A #37A991 #55C8B0 #83D7C5 #B1E6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#55C8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#55C8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8B0

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8B0	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.110 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9c7',
    500: '#55c8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8b0;
$custom-light: #8fd9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.478,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76012,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8B0

secondary

#D4A5AF

accent

#4D6BDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8B0

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

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