#55C8BE#55C8BE

#55C8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.105 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8BE
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 190)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -34.77, -4.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 35.09, 187.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.1039 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.105 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6908, 46.9542, 55.9928)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8BE #C8555F

analogous

#55C884 #55C8BE #5598C8

triadic

#55C8BE #BE55C8 #C8BE55

tetradic

#55C8BE #8455C8 #C8555F #98C855

square

#55C8BE #8455C8 #C8555F #98C855

split-complementary

#55C8BE #C85598 #C88455

monochromatic

#287B74 #37A99F #55C8BE #83D7D0 #B1E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#55C8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#55C8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8BE

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8BE	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.105 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9d1',
    500: '#55c8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8be;
$custom-light: #90d9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.783,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7644,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8BE

secondary

#D4A5A9

accent

#4D5ADB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8BE

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

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