#55D5CD#55D5CD

#55D5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.113 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5CD
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 205)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 3.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -36.84, -6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 37.43, 190.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.1111 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.113 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5551, 53.9235, 66.1222)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5CD #D5555D

analogous

#55D58D #55D5CD #559DD5

triadic

#55D5CD #CD55D5 #D5CD55

tetradic

#55D5CD #8D55D5 #D5555D #9DD555

square

#55D5CD #8D55D5 #D5555D #9DD555

split-complementary

#55D5CD #D5559D #D58D55

monochromatic

#238D86 #2FBEB5 #55D5CD #86E1DB #B7EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#55D5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#55D5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5CD

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5CD	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.113 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e2dc',
    500: '#55d5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5cd;
$custom-light: #92e2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80028,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5CD

secondary

#933C41

accent

#444EE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5CD

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

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