#55D3CD#55D3CD

#55D3CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.111 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D3CD
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 205)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -35.92, -7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 36.68, 191.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.109 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.111 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0552, 52.9236, 65.9555)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D3CD #D3555B

analogous

#55D38E #55D3CD #559AD3

triadic

#55D3CD #CD55D3 #D3CD55

tetradic

#55D3CD #8E55D3 #D3555B #9AD355

square

#55D3CD #8E55D3 #D3555B #9AD355

split-complementary

#55D3CD #D3559A #D38E55

monochromatic

#248A85 #30BBB4 #55D3CD #86E0DB #B6ECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#55D3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#55D3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3CD

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D3CD	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.111 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e1dc',
    500: '#55d3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d3cd;
$custom-light: #92e1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79553,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D3CD

secondary

#903C40

accent

#464DE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3CD

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

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