#55C8BB#55C8BB

#55C8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.106 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8BB
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 187)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -35.55, -3.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 35.70, 185.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.1052 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.106 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3663, 46.8244, 54.2837)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8BB #C85562

analogous

#55C881 #55C8BB #559BC8

triadic

#55C8BB #BB55C8 #C8BB55

tetradic

#55C8BB #8155C8 #C85562 #9BC855

square

#55C8BB #8155C8 #C85562 #9BC855

split-complementary

#55C8BB #C8559B #C88155

monochromatic

#287B71 #37A99C #55C8BB #83D7CD #B1E6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#55C8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#55C8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8BB

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8BB	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.106 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9cf',
    500: '#55c8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8bb;
$custom-light: #90d9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.217,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76345,
    "c": 0.10567,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8BB

secondary

#D4A5AA

accent

#4D5DDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8BB

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

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