#55D1CA#55D1CA

#55D1CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.110 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D1CA
RGB	rgb(85, 209, 202)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 3.3%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -35.79, -6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 36.44, 190.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.1082 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.11 190)
XYZ	xyz(37.2027, 51.7926, 63.9020)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D1CA #D1555C

analogous

#55D18C #55D1CA #559AD1

triadic

#55D1CA #CA55D1 #D1CA55

tetradic

#55D1CA #8C55D1 #D1555C #9AD155

square

#55D1CA #8C55D1 #D1555C #9AD155

split-complementary

#55D1CA #D1559A #D18C55

monochromatic

#258781 #32B7B0 #55D1CA #85DED9 #B5EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#55D1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#55D1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D1CA

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D1CA	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 209, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.110 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dfda',
    500: '#55d1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d1ca;
$custom-light: #92dfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.613,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78979,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.51796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D1CA

secondary

#8E3C41

accent

#4750E1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D1CA

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

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