#55D5CE#55D5CE

#55D5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.112 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5CE
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -36.58, -7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 37.26, 190.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.1107 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.112 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6762, 53.9720, 66.7599)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5CE #D5555C

analogous

#55D58E #55D5CE #559CD5

triadic

#55D5CE #CE55D5 #D5CE55

tetradic

#55D5CE #8E55D5 #D5555C #9CD555

square

#55D5CE #8E55D5 #D5555C #9CD555

split-complementary

#55D5CE #D5559C #D58E55

monochromatic

#238D87 #2FBEB6 #55D5CE #86E1DC #B7EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#55D5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#55D5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5CE

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5CE	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.112 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e2dc',
    500: '#55d5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5ce;
$custom-light: #92e2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.719,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80061,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5CE

secondary

#933C40

accent

#444DE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5CE

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

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