#55CEB9#55CEB9

#55CEB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.113 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEB9
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 185)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(170, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 10.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -38.81, 0.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 38.81, 179.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.1125 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.113 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5706, 49.5732, 53.6362)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEB9 #CE556A

analogous

#55CE7D #55CEB9 #55A6CE

triadic

#55CEB9 #B955CE #CEB955

tetradic

#55CEB9 #7D55CE #CE556A #A6CE55

square

#55CEB9 #7D55CE #CE556A #A6CE55

split-complementary

#55CEB9 #CE55A6 #CE7D55

monochromatic

#268373 #33B29C #55CEB9 #85DCCD #B4E9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#55CEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#55CEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEB9

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEB9	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ceb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.113 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddce',
    500: '#55ceb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ceb9;
$custom-light: #90ddce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ceb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.587,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7773,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEB9

secondary

#D8A7AF

accent

#4963DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEB9

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

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