#55D4AC#55D4AC

#55D4AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.127 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4AC
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 172)
HSL	hsl(161, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(161, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 18.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -44.59, 9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 45.57, 168.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.1248 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.127 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7326, 51.9933, 47.2270)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4AC #D4557D

analogous

#55D46C #55D4AC #55BDD4

triadic

#55D4AC #AC55D4 #D4AC55

tetradic

#55D4AC #6C55D4 #D4557D #BDD455

square

#55D4AC #6C55D4 #D4557D #BDD455

split-complementary

#55D4AC #D455BD #D46C55

monochromatic

#238B6B #30BC90 #55D4AC #86E0C4 #B7EDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#55D4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#55D4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4AC

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4AC	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.127 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e2c4',
    500: '#55d4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4ac;
$custom-light: #91e2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.102,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78822,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4AC

secondary

#913C57

accent

#4577E3

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4AC

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

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