#55D5BE#55D5BE

#55D5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.118 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5BE
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 190)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 10.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -40.70, 0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 40.71, 178.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.1177 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.118 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8305, 53.2337, 57.0394)
Luminance	0.5324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5BE #D5556C

analogous

#55D57E #55D5BE #55ACD5

triadic

#55D5BE #BE55D5 #D5BE55

tetradic

#55D5BE #7E55D5 #D5556C #ACD555

square

#55D5BE #7E55D5 #D5556C #ACD555

split-complementary

#55D5BE #D555AC #D57E55

monochromatic

#238D7A #2FBEA4 #55D5BE #86E1D1 #B7EDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#55D5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#55D5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5BE

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5BE	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.118 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e2d1',
    500: '#55d5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5be;
$custom-light: #92e2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.219,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79566,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5BE

secondary

#933C4B

accent

#4461E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5BE

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

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