#55D4CF#55D4CF

#55D4CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.111 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4CF
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 207)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 2.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -35.85, -8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 36.73, 192.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.1092 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.111 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5473, 53.5192, 67.3181)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4CF #D4555A

analogous

#55D48F #55D4CF #5599D4

triadic

#55D4CF #CF55D4 #D4CF55

tetradic

#55D4CF #8F55D4 #D4555A #99D455

square

#55D4CF #8F55D4 #D4555A #99D455

split-complementary

#55D4CF #D45599 #D48F55

monochromatic

#238B87 #30BCB7 #55D4CF #86E0DD #B7EDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#55D4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#55D4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4CF

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4CF	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.111 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e1dd',
    500: '#55d4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4cf;
$custom-light: #92e1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.638,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79856,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4CF

secondary

#913C3F

accent

#454BE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4CF

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

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