#55CDB5#55CDB5

#55CDB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.113 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDB5
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 181)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 11.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -39.35, 1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 39.40, 177.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.1133 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.113 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9143, 48.9267, 51.3636)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDB5 #CD556D

analogous

#55CD79 #55CDB5 #55A9CD

triadic

#55CDB5 #B555CD #CDB555

tetradic

#55CDB5 #7955CD #CD556D #A9CD55

square

#55CDB5 #7955CD #CD556D #A9CD55

split-complementary

#55CDB5 #CD55A9 #CD7955

monochromatic

#26826F #34B198 #55CDB5 #84DBCA #B4E9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#55CDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#55CDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDB5

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDB5	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B4B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.113 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddcb',
    500: '#55cdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdb5;
$custom-light: #90ddcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77371,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDB5

secondary

#D7A6B0

accent

#4A68DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDB5

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

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