#55CAA8#55CAA8

#55CAA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55CAA8
RGBrgb(85, 202, 168)
HSLhsl(163, 52%, 56%)
HSVhsv(163, 58%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(57.9%, 0%, 16.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.19, -41.15, 7.16)
CIE-LCHlch(74.19, 41.77, 170.14°)
OKLaboklab(76.27% -0.1159 0.0183)
OKLCHoklch(76.27% 0.117 171.1)
XYZxyz(31.9314, 46.9964, 44.4266)
Luminance0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55CAA8 #CA5577
analogous
#55CA6E #55CAA8 #55B2CA
triadic
#55CAA8 #A855CA #CAA855
tetradic
#55CAA8 #6E55CA #CA5577 #B2CA55
square
#55CAA8 #6E55CA #CA5577 #B2CA55
split-complementary
#55CAA8 #CA55B2 #CA6E55
monochromatic
#277D64 #36AC8A #55CAA8 #84D9C0 #B2E7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02
#55CAA8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40
#55CAA8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAA8
10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55CAA8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55CAA81.002.0210.4010.40
#FFFFFF2.021.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4021.001.001.00
##00000010.4021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5BEA6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3B1AA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CBC0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55caa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 171.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbc1',
    500: '#55caa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55caa8;
$custom-light: #8fdbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55caa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.564,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76273,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55CAA8
secondary
#D5A5B3
accent
#4C76DC
background
#F9FDFB
surface
#F2FBF7
border
#CCD4D0
text
#0D1512
muted
#7E8381

Preview Lab

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#55CAA8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva