#55C8BC#55C8BC

#55C8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.105 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8BC
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 188)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 6%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -35.29, -3.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 35.49, 186.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.1048 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.105 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4737, 46.8673, 54.8494)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8BC #C85561

analogous

#55C882 #55C8BC #559AC8

triadic

#55C8BC #BC55C8 #C8BC55

tetradic

#55C8BC #8255C8 #C85561 #9AC855

square

#55C8BC #8255C8 #C85561 #9AC855

split-complementary

#55C8BC #C8559A #C88255

monochromatic

#287B72 #37A99D #55C8BC #83D7CE #B1E6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#55C8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#55C8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8BC

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8BC	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	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)

#BFBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.105 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9d0',
    500: '#55c8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8bc;
$custom-light: #90d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.739,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76377,
    "c": 0.10536,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8BC

secondary

#D4A5AA

accent

#4D5CDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8BC

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

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