#55C9BF#55C9BF

#55C9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.105 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C9BF
RGB	rgb(85, 201, 191)
HSL	hsl(175, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -34.97, -4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 35.30, 187.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.1046 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.105 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0328, 47.4627, 56.6478)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C9BF #C9555F

analogous

#55C985 #55C9BF #5599C9

triadic

#55C9BF #BF55C9 #C9BF55

tetradic

#55C9BF #8555C9 #C9555F #99C955

square

#55C9BF #8555C9 #C9555F #99C955

split-complementary

#55C9BF #C95599 #C98555

monochromatic

#277C75 #36ABA1 #55C9BF #83D8D0 #B2E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#55C9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#55C9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C9BF

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C9BF	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 201, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.105 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dad2',
    500: '#55c9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c9bf;
$custom-light: #90dad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.828,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76712,
    "c": 0.10546,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C9BF

secondary

#D5A5A9

accent

#4D59DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C9BF

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

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