#55D4CB#55D4CB

#55D4CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.112 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4CB
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 203)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 4.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -36.91, -6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 37.40, 189.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.1109 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.112 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0645, 53.3261, 64.7753)
Luminance	0.5333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4CB #D4555E

analogous

#55D48B #55D4CB #559DD4

triadic

#55D4CB #CB55D4 #D4CB55

tetradic

#55D4CB #8B55D4 #D4555E #9DD455

square

#55D4CB #8B55D4 #D4555E #9DD455

split-complementary

#55D4CB #D4559D #D48B55

monochromatic

#238B84 #30BCB2 #55D4CB #86E0DA #B7EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#55D4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#55D4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4CB

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4CB	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.112 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e1da',
    500: '#55d4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4cb;
$custom-light: #92e1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.748,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79726,
    "c": 0.11222,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4CB

secondary

#913C42

accent

#4550E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4CB

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

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