#55D4CD#55D4CD

#55D4CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.112 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4CD
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 205)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -36.38, -7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 37.05, 190.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.1101 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.112 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3044, 53.4220, 66.0386)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4CD #D4555C

analogous

#55D48D #55D4CD #559BD4

triadic

#55D4CD #CD55D4 #D4CD55

tetradic

#55D4CD #8D55D4 #D4555C #9BD455

square

#55D4CD #8D55D4 #D4555C #9BD455

split-complementary

#55D4CD #D4559B #D48D55

monochromatic

#238B86 #30BCB4 #55D4CD #86E0DB #B7EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#55D4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#55D4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4CD

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4CD	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.112 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e1dc',
    500: '#55d4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4cd;
$custom-light: #92e1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.693,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79791,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4CD

secondary

#913C40

accent

#454EE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4CD

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

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