#55D5CC#55D5CC

#55D5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.113 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5CC
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 204)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 4.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -37.11, -6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 37.60, 189.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.1115 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.113 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4348, 53.8754, 65.4885)
Luminance	0.5388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5CC #D5555E

analogous

#55D58C #55D5CC #559ED5

triadic

#55D5CC #CC55D5 #D5CC55

tetradic

#55D5CC #8C55D5 #D5555E #9ED555

square

#55D5CC #8C55D5 #D5555E #9ED555

split-complementary

#55D5CC #D5559E #D58C55

monochromatic

#238D85 #2FBEB4 #55D5CC #86E1DB #B7EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#55D5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#55D5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5CC

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5CC	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.113 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e2db',
    500: '#55d5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5cc;
$custom-light: #92e2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.781,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79996,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5CC

secondary

#933C42

accent

#444FE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5CC

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

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