#55C8BD#55C8BD

#55C8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.105 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8BD
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -35.03, -4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 35.29, 186.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.1044 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.105 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5818, 46.9106, 55.4191)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8BD #C85560

analogous

#55C883 #55C8BD #5599C8

triadic

#55C8BD #BD55C8 #C8BD55

tetradic

#55C8BD #8355C8 #C85560 #99C855

square

#55C8BD #8355C8 #C85560 #99C855

split-complementary

#55C8BD #C85599 #C88355

monochromatic

#287B73 #37A99E #55C8BD #83D7CF #B1E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#55C8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#55C8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8BD

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8BD	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.105 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9d0',
    500: '#55c8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8bd;
$custom-light: #90d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.261,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76408,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8BD

secondary

#D4A5A9

accent

#4D5BDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8BD

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

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