#55D5BD#55D5BD

#55D5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.118 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5BD
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 189)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 11.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -40.95, 1.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 40.97, 178.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.1181 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.118 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7216, 53.1901, 56.4657)
Luminance	0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5BD #D5556D

analogous

#55D57D #55D5BD #55ADD5

triadic

#55D5BD #BD55D5 #D5BD55

tetradic

#55D5BD #7D55D5 #D5556D #ADD555

square

#55D5BD #7D55D5 #D5556D #ADD555

split-complementary

#55D5BD #D555AD #D57D55

monochromatic

#238D79 #2FBEA3 #55D5BD #86E1D0 #B7EDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#55D5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#55D5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5BD

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5BD	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.118 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e2d0',
    500: '#55d5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5bd;
$custom-light: #92e2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79537,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5BD

secondary

#933C4C

accent

#4462E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5BD

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

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