#55D3BD#55D3BD

#55D3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.116 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D3BD
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 189)
HSL	hsl(170, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(170, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 10.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -40.06, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 40.06, 179.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.116 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.116 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2217, 52.1902, 56.2991)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D3BD #D3556B

analogous

#55D37E #55D3BD #55AAD3

triadic

#55D3BD #BD55D3 #D3BD55

tetradic

#55D3BD #7E55D3 #D3556B #AAD355

square

#55D3BD #7E55D3 #D3556B #AAD355

split-complementary

#55D3BD #D355AA #D37E55

monochromatic

#248A78 #30BBA2 #55D3BD #86E0D0 #B6ECE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#55D3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#55D3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3BD

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D3BD	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.116 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e1d0',
    500: '#55d3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d3bd;
$custom-light: #91e1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.524,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79055,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D3BD

secondary

#903C4B

accent

#4661E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3BD

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

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