#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
RGBrgb(85, 202, 169)
HSLhsl(163, 52%, 56%)
HSVhsv(163, 58%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(57.9%, 0%, 16.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.21, -40.92, 6.65)
CIE-LCHlch(74.21, 41.45, 170.77°)
OKLaboklab(76.3% -0.1155 0.0169)
OKLCHoklch(76.3% 0.117 171.7)
XYZxyz(32.0249, 47.0338, 44.9191)
Luminance0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##55CAA91.002.0210.4110.41
#FFFFFF2.021.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4121.001.001.00
##00000010.4121.001.001.00

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

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#55CAA9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva