#55C9BB#55C9BB

#55C9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.107 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C9BB
RGB	rgb(85, 201, 187)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -36.01, -2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 36.12, 184.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.1063 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.107 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5986, 47.2891, 54.3611)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C9BB #C95563

analogous

#55C981 #55C9BB #559DC9

triadic

#55C9BB #BB55C9 #C9BB55

tetradic

#55C9BB #8155C9 #C95563 #9DC955

square

#55C9BB #8155C9 #C95563 #9DC955

split-complementary

#55C9BB #C9559D #C98155

monochromatic

#277C72 #36AB9D #55C9BB #83D8CE #B2E7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#55C9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#55C9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C9BB

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C9BB	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 201, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.107 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dacf',
    500: '#55c9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c9bb;
$custom-light: #90dacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.759,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76586,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C9BB

secondary

#D5A5AB

accent

#4D5EDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C9BB

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

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