#55D4BD#55D4BD

#55D4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.117 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4BD
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 189)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 10.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -40.51, 0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 40.52, 178.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.1171 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.117 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4709, 52.6886, 56.3821)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4BD #D4556C

analogous

#55D47D #55D4BD #55ABD4

triadic

#55D4BD #BD55D4 #D4BD55

tetradic

#55D4BD #7D55D4 #D4556C #ABD455

square

#55D4BD #7D55D4 #D4556C #ABD455

split-complementary

#55D4BD #D455AB #D47D55

monochromatic

#238B78 #30BCA3 #55D4BD #86E0D0 #B7EDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#55D4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#55D4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4BD

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4BD	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.117 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e2d0',
    500: '#55d4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4bd;
$custom-light: #91e2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.134,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79296,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4BD

secondary

#913C4B

accent

#4562E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4BD

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

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