#55CDAB#55CDAB

#55CDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.119 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDAB
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 171)
HSL	hsl(163, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(163, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 16.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -41.77, 6.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 42.34, 170.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.1178 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.119 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9248, 48.5309, 46.1525)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDAB #CD5577

analogous

#55CD6F #55CDAB #55B3CD

triadic

#55CDAB #AB55CD #CDAB55

tetradic

#55CDAB #6F55CD #CD5577 #B3CD55

square

#55CDAB #6F55CD #CD5577 #B3CD55

split-complementary

#55CDAB #CD55B3 #CD6F55

monochromatic

#268268 #34B18D #55CDAB #84DBC2 #B4E9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#55CDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#55CDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDAB

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDAB	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.119 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddc4',
    500: '#55cdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdab;
$custom-light: #90ddc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77088,
    "c": 0.11912,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDAB

secondary

#D7A6B4

accent

#4A74DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDAB

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

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