#55D4CC#55D4CC

#55D4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.112 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4CC
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 204)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 3.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -36.65, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 37.22, 190.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.1105 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.112 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1840, 53.3739, 65.4049)
Luminance	0.5338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4CC #D4555D

analogous

#55D48C #55D4CC #559DD4

triadic

#55D4CC #CC55D4 #D4CC55

tetradic

#55D4CC #8C55D4 #D4555D #9DD455

square

#55D4CC #8C55D4 #D4555D #9DD455

split-complementary

#55D4CC #D4559D #D48C55

monochromatic

#238B85 #30BCB3 #55D4CC #86E0DB #B7EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#55D4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#55D4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4CC

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4CC	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.112 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e1db',
    500: '#55d4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4cc;
$custom-light: #92e1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.22,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79758,
    "c": 0.112,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4CC

secondary

#913C41

accent

#454FE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4CC

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

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