#55D5BC#55D5BC

#55D5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.119 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5BC
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 188)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 11.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -41.20, 1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 41.24, 177.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.1186 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.119 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6134, 53.1469, 55.8960)
Luminance	0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5BC #D5556E

analogous

#55D57C #55D5BC #55AED5

triadic

#55D5BC #BC55D5 #D5BC55

tetradic

#55D5BC #7C55D5 #D5556E #AED555

square

#55D5BC #7C55D5 #D5556E #AED555

split-complementary

#55D5BC #D555AE #D57C55

monochromatic

#238D78 #2FBEA2 #55D5BC #86E1CF #B7EDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#55D5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#55D5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5BC

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5BC	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.119 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e2d0',
    500: '#55d5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5bc;
$custom-light: #91e2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.281,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79508,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5BC

secondary

#933C4D

accent

#4463E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5BC

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

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