#55D5C8#55D5C8

#55D5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.114 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5C8
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 200)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 6.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -38.15, -4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 38.37, 186.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.1133 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.114 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9612, 53.6860, 62.9942)
Luminance	0.5369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5C8 #D55562

analogous

#55D588 #55D5C8 #55A2D5

triadic

#55D5C8 #C855D5 #D5C855

tetradic

#55D5C8 #8855D5 #D55562 #A2D555

square

#55D5C8 #8855D5 #D55562 #A2D555

split-complementary

#55D5C8 #D555A2 #D58855

monochromatic

#238D82 #2FBEAF #55D5C8 #86E1D8 #B7EDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#55D5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#55D5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5C8

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5C8	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCAC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.114 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e2d8',
    500: '#55d5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5c8;
$custom-light: #92e2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.906,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7987,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5C8

secondary

#933C44

accent

#4454E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5C8

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

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