#55D1C8#55D1C8

#55D1C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.110 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D1C8
RGB	rgb(85, 209, 200)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 4.3%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -36.32, -5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 36.79, 189.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.1091 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.11 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9675, 51.6985, 62.6630)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D1C8 #D1555E

analogous

#55D18A #55D1C8 #559CD1

triadic

#55D1C8 #C855D1 #D1C855

tetradic

#55D1C8 #8A55D1 #D1555E #9CD155

square

#55D1C8 #8A55D1 #D1555E #9CD155

split-complementary

#55D1C8 #D1559C #D18A55

monochromatic

#258780 #32B7AE #55D1C8 #85DED8 #B5EBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#55D1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#55D1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D1C8

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D1C8	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C7C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 209, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.110 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dfd8',
    500: '#55d1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d1c8;
$custom-light: #92dfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.645,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78915,
    "c": 0.11033,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D1C8

secondary

#8E3C42

accent

#4752E1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D1C8

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

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