#55D3CC#55D3CC

#55D3CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.111 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D3CC
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 204)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 3.3%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -36.18, -6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 36.85, 190.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.1095 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.111 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9348, 52.8755, 65.3218)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D3CC #D3555C

analogous

#55D38D #55D3CC #559BD3

triadic

#55D3CC #CC55D3 #D3CC55

tetradic

#55D3CC #8D55D3 #D3555C #9BD355

square

#55D3CC #8D55D3 #D3555C #9BD355

split-complementary

#55D3CC #D3559B #D38D55

monochromatic

#248A84 #30BBB3 #55D3CC #86E0DB #B6ECE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#55D3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#55D3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3CC

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D3CC	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.111 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e1db',
    500: '#55d3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d3cc;
$custom-light: #92e1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7952,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D3CC

secondary

#903C41

accent

#464EE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3CC

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

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