#55D3CE#55D3CE

#55D3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.111 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D3CE
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 206)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 2.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -35.65, -7.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 36.53, 192.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.1086 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.111 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1763, 52.9721, 66.5933)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D3CE #D3555A

analogous

#55D38F #55D3CE #5599D3

triadic

#55D3CE #CE55D3 #D3CE55

tetradic

#55D3CE #8F55D3 #D3555A #99D355

square

#55D3CE #8F55D3 #D3555A #99D355

split-complementary

#55D3CE #D35599 #D38F55

monochromatic

#248A86 #30BBB5 #55D3CE #86E0DC #B6ECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#55D3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#55D3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3CE

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D3CE	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.111 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e1dc',
    500: '#55d3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d3ce;
$custom-light: #92e1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.619,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79585,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D3CE

secondary

#903C3F

accent

#464CE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3CE

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

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