#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
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 168)
HSL	hsl(163, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 16.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -41.15, 7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 41.77, 170.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.1159 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.117 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9314, 46.9964, 44.4266)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##55CAA8	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55CAA8

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

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