#55CDAD#55CDAD

#55CDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.118 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDAD
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 173)
HSL	hsl(164, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 15.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -41.30, 5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 41.72, 171.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.1169 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.118 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1169, 48.6078, 47.1640)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDAD #CD5575

analogous

#55CD71 #55CDAD #55B1CD

triadic

#55CDAD #AD55CD #CDAD55

tetradic

#55CDAD #7155CD #CD5575 #B1CD55

square

#55CDAD #7155CD #CD5575 #B1CD55

split-complementary

#55CDAD #CD55B1 #CD7155

monochromatic

#268269 #34B190 #55CDAD #84DBC4 #B4E9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#55CDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#55CDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDAD

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDAD	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.118 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddc5',
    500: '#55cdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdad;
$custom-light: #90ddc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77143,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDAD

secondary

#D7A6B3

accent

#4A71DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDAD

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

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