#55C8B2#55C8B2

#55C8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.109 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8B2
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 178)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 11%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -37.83, 1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 37.85, 178.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.1093 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.109 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4328, 46.4510, 49.3676)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8B2 #C8556B

analogous

#55C878 #55C8B2 #55A4C8

triadic

#55C8B2 #B255C8 #C8B255

tetradic

#55C8B2 #7855C8 #C8556B #A4C855

square

#55C8B2 #7855C8 #C8556B #A4C855

split-complementary

#55C8B2 #C855A4 #C87855

monochromatic

#287B6B #37A993 #55C8B2 #83D7C7 #B1E6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#55C8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#55C8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8B2

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8B2	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.109 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9c9',
    500: '#55c8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8b2;
$custom-light: #8fd9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.522,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76071,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8B2

secondary

#D4A5AE

accent

#4D68DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF8

border

#CCD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8B2

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

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