#55CD9E#55CD9E

#55CD9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.128 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CD9E
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 158)
HSL	hsl(157, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(157, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 22.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -44.74, 13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 46.72, 163.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.1238 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.128 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7461, 48.0594, 39.9445)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CD9E #CD5584

analogous

#55CD62 #55CD9E #55C0CD

triadic

#55CD9E #9E55CD #CD9E55

tetradic

#55CD9E #6255CD #CD5584 #C0CD55

square

#55CD9E #6255CD #CD5584 #C0CD55

split-complementary

#55CD9E #CD55C0 #CD6255

monochromatic

#26825E #34B180 #55CD9E #84DBB9 #B4E9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#55CD9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#55CD9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CD9E

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CD9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CD9E	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C09B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cd9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.128 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddba',
    500: '#55cd9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cd9e;
$custom-light: #8fddba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cd9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76748,
    "c": 0.12849,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CD9E

secondary

#D7A6BA

accent

#4A84DE

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF6

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CD9E

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

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