#55C9BE#55C9BE

#55C9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.106 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C9BE
RGB	rgb(85, 201, 190)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -35.23, -4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 35.50, 187.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.105 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.106 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9231, 47.4189, 56.0702)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C9BE #C95560

analogous

#55C984 #55C9BE #559AC9

triadic

#55C9BE #BE55C9 #C9BE55

tetradic

#55C9BE #8455C9 #C95560 #9AC955

square

#55C9BE #8455C9 #C95560 #9AC955

split-complementary

#55C9BE #C9559A #C98455

monochromatic

#277C74 #36ABA0 #55C9BE #83D8D0 #B2E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#55C9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#55C9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C9BE

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C9BE	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)

#BFBFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 201, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.106 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dad1',
    500: '#55c9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c9be;
$custom-light: #90dad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.31,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7668,
    "c": 0.10572,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C9BE

secondary

#D5A5A9

accent

#4D5ADB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C9BE

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

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