#55D5CA#55D5CA

#55D5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.113 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5CA
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 202)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 5.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -37.63, -5.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 37.98, 187.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.1124 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.113 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1965, 53.7801, 64.2333)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5CA #D55560

analogous

#55D58A #55D5CA #55A0D5

triadic

#55D5CA #CA55D5 #D5CA55

tetradic

#55D5CA #8A55D5 #D55560 #A0D555

square

#55D5CA #8A55D5 #D55560 #A0D555

split-complementary

#55D5CA #D555A0 #D58A55

monochromatic

#238D84 #2FBEB2 #55D5CA #86E1D9 #B7EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#55D5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#55D5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5CA

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5CA	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.113 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e2da',
    500: '#55d5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5ca;
$custom-light: #92e2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.844,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79933,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5CA

secondary

#933C43

accent

#4452E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5CA

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

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