#55C9BD#55C9BD

#55C9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.106 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C9BD
RGB	rgb(85, 201, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -35.49, -3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 35.70, 186.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.1054 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.106 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8142, 47.3753, 55.4966)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C9BD #C95561

analogous

#55C983 #55C9BD #559BC9

triadic

#55C9BD #BD55C9 #C9BD55

tetradic

#55C9BD #8355C9 #C95561 #9BC955

square

#55C9BD #8355C9 #C95561 #9BC955

split-complementary

#55C9BD #C9559B #C98355

monochromatic

#277C73 #36AB9F #55C9BD #83D8CF #B2E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#55C9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#55C9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C9BD

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C9BD	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 201, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.106 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dad0',
    500: '#55c9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c9bd;
$custom-light: #90dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.793,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76649,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C9BD

secondary

#D5A5AA

accent

#4D5BDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C9BD

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

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