#55D5BF#55D5BF

#55D5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.117 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5BF
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 191)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(170, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 10.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -40.45, 0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 40.45, 179.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.1173 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.117 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9402, 53.2776, 57.6169)
Luminance	0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5BF #D5556B

analogous

#55D57F #55D5BF #55ABD5

triadic

#55D5BF #BF55D5 #D5BF55

tetradic

#55D5BF #7F55D5 #D5556B #ABD555

square

#55D5BF #7F55D5 #D5556B #ABD555

split-complementary

#55D5BF #D555AB #D57F55

monochromatic

#238D7B #2FBEA5 #55D5BF #86E1D1 #B7EDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#55D5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#55D5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5BF

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5BF	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BBC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.117 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e2d2',
    500: '#55d5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5bf;
$custom-light: #92e2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.688,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79596,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5BF

secondary

#933C4B

accent

#4460E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5BF

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

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