#55C9AE#55C9AE

#55C9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.113 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C9AE
RGB	rgb(85, 201, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(166, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 13.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -39.27, 3.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 39.44, 174.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.1121 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.113 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2694, 46.7574, 47.3607)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C9AE #C95570

analogous

#55C974 #55C9AE #55AAC9

triadic

#55C9AE #AE55C9 #C9AE55

tetradic

#55C9AE #7455C9 #C95570 #AAC955

square

#55C9AE #7455C9 #C95570 #AAC955

split-complementary

#55C9AE #C955AA #C97455

monochromatic

#277C68 #36AB90 #55C9AE #83D8C4 #B2E7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#55C9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#55C9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C9AE

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C9AE	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 201, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.113 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdac6',
    500: '#55c9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c9ae;
$custom-light: #8fdac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.034,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76197,
    "c": 0.11252,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C9AE

secondary

#D5A5B0

accent

#4D6EDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C9AE

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

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