#55CAAB#55CAAB

#55CAAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.115 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CAAB
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 171)
HSL	hsl(164, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(164, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 15.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -40.44, 5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 40.83, 172.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.1146 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.115 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2141, 47.1094, 45.9155)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CAAB #CA5574

analogous

#55CA71 #55CAAB #55AECA

triadic

#55CAAB #AB55CA #CAAB55

tetradic

#55CAAB #7155CA #CA5574 #AECA55

square

#55CAAB #7155CA #CA5574 #AECA55

split-complementary

#55CAAB #CA55AE #CA7155

monochromatic

#277D67 #36AC8D #55CAAB #84D9C2 #B2E7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#55CAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#55CAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAAB

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CAAB	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55caab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.115 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbc4',
    500: '#55caab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55caab;
$custom-light: #8fdbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55caab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.103,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76356,
    "c": 0.11547,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CAAB

secondary

#D5A5B2

accent

#4C72DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CAAB

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

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