#55D4CE#55D4CE

#55D4CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.112 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4CE
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 2.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -36.12, -7.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 36.89, 191.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.1096 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.112 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4255, 53.4705, 66.6763)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4CE #D4555B

analogous

#55D48E #55D4CE #559BD4

triadic

#55D4CE #CE55D4 #D4CE55

tetradic

#55D4CE #8E55D4 #D4555B #9BD455

square

#55D4CE #8E55D4 #D4555B #9BD455

split-complementary

#55D4CE #D4559B #D48E55

monochromatic

#238B86 #30BCB6 #55D4CE #86E0DC #B7EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#55D4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#55D4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4CE

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4CE	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)

#C8CACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.112 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e1dc',
    500: '#55d4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4ce;
$custom-light: #92e1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.165,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79823,
    "c": 0.11163,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4CE

secondary

#913C40

accent

#454CE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4CE

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

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