#55C8BF#55C8BF

#55C8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.105 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8BF
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 191)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 4.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -34.50, -5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 34.91, 188.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.1035 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.105 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8004, 46.9980, 56.5704)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8BF #C8555E

analogous

#55C885 #55C8BF #5597C8

triadic

#55C8BF #BF55C8 #C8BF55

tetradic

#55C8BF #8555C8 #C8555E #97C855

square

#55C8BF #8555C8 #C8555E #97C855

split-complementary

#55C8BF #C85597 #C88555

monochromatic

#287B74 #37A9A0 #55C8BF #83D7D0 #B1E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#55C8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#55C8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8BF

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8BF	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.105 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9d2',
    500: '#55c8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8bf;
$custom-light: #90d9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.304,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76472,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8BF

secondary

#D4A5A8

accent

#4D58DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8BF

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

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