#55D3C8#55D3C8

#55D3C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.112 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D3C8
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 200)
HSL	hsl(175, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 5.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -37.24, -4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 37.57, 187.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.1112 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.112 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4613, 52.6861, 62.8276)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D3C8 #D35560

analogous

#55D389 #55D3C8 #559FD3

triadic

#55D3C8 #C855D3 #D3C855

tetradic

#55D3C8 #8955D3 #D35560 #9FD355

square

#55D3C8 #8955D3 #D35560 #9FD355

split-complementary

#55D3C8 #D3559F #D38955

monochromatic

#248A81 #30BBAE #55D3C8 #86E0D8 #B6ECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#55D3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#55D3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3C8

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D3C8	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C8C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.112 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e1d8',
    500: '#55d3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d3c8;
$custom-light: #92e1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.762,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79392,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D3C8

secondary

#903C43

accent

#4653E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3C8

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

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