#55C9BC#55C9BC

#55C9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.106 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C9BC
RGB	rgb(85, 201, 188)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -35.75, -3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 35.91, 185.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.1059 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.106 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7060, 47.3320, 54.9269)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C9BC #C95562

analogous

#55C982 #55C9BC #559CC9

triadic

#55C9BC #BC55C9 #C9BC55

tetradic

#55C9BC #8255C9 #C95562 #9CC955

square

#55C9BC #8255C9 #C95562 #9CC955

split-complementary

#55C9BC #C9559C #C98255

monochromatic

#277C73 #36AB9E #55C9BC #83D8CE #B2E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#55C9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#55C9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C9BC

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C9BC	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 201, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.106 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dad0',
    500: '#55c9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c9bc;
$custom-light: #90dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.276,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76617,
    "c": 0.10631,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C9BC

secondary

#D5A5AA

accent

#4D5DDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C9BC

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

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