#55D5CB#55D5CB

#55D5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.113 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5CB
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 203)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 4.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -37.37, -5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 37.79, 188.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.112 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.113 188)
XYZ	xyz(38.3152, 53.8276, 64.8588)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5CB #D5555F

analogous

#55D58B #55D5CB #559FD5

triadic

#55D5CB #CB55D5 #D5CB55

tetradic

#55D5CB #8B55D5 #D5555F #9FD555

square

#55D5CB #8B55D5 #D5555F #9FD555

split-complementary

#55D5CB #D5559F #D58B55

monochromatic

#238D85 #2FBEB3 #55D5CB #86E1DA #B7EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#55D5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#55D5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5CB

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5CB	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.113 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e2da',
    500: '#55d5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5cb;
$custom-light: #92e2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.313,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79964,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.53832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5CB

secondary

#933C42

accent

#4451E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5CB

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

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