#55CAA9#55CAA9

#55CAA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CAA9
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 169)
HSL	hsl(163, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 16.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -40.92, 6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 41.45, 170.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.1155 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.117 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0249, 47.0338, 44.9191)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CAA9 #CA5576

analogous

#55CA6F #55CAA9 #55B1CA

triadic

#55CAA9 #A955CA #CAA955

tetradic

#55CAA9 #6F55CA #CA5576 #B1CA55

square

#55CAA9 #6F55CA #CA5576 #B1CA55

split-complementary

#55CAA9 #CA55B1 #CA6F55

monochromatic

#277D65 #36AC8B #55CAA9 #84D9C1 #B2E7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#55CAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#55CAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAA9

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CAA9	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55caa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbc2',
    500: '#55caa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55caa9;
$custom-light: #8fdbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55caa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.077,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76301,
    "c": 0.11674,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CAA9

secondary

#D5A5B3

accent

#4C75DC

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF7

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CAA9

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

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