#55D3CF#55D3CF

#55D3CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.111 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D3CF
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 207)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 1.9%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -35.38, -8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 36.38, 193.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.1082 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.111 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2981, 53.0208, 67.2351)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D3CF #D35559

analogous

#55D390 #55D3CF #5598D3

triadic

#55D3CF #CF55D3 #D3CF55

tetradic

#55D3CF #9055D3 #D35559 #98D355

square

#55D3CF #9055D3 #D35559 #98D355

split-complementary

#55D3CF #D35598 #D39055

monochromatic

#248A87 #30BBB6 #55D3CF #86E0DD #B6ECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#55D3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#55D3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3CF

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D3CF	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BAD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.111 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e1dd',
    500: '#55d3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d3cf;
$custom-light: #92e1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.095,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79618,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D3CF

secondary

#903C3F

accent

#464BE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3CF

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

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