#55D5CF#55D5CF

#55D5CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.112 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5CF
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 207)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 2.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -36.31, -7.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 37.09, 191.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.1103 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.112 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7981, 54.0207, 67.4017)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5CF #D5555B

analogous

#55D58F #55D5CF #559BD5

triadic

#55D5CF #CF55D5 #D5CF55

tetradic

#55D5CF #8F55D5 #D5555B #9BD555

square

#55D5CF #8F55D5 #D5555B #9BD555

split-complementary

#55D5CF #D5559B #D58F55

monochromatic

#238D88 #2FBEB7 #55D5CF #86E1DD #B7EDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#55D5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#55D5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5CF

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5CF	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BCD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.112 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2dd',
    500: '#55d5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5cf;
$custom-light: #93e2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.188,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80093,
    "c": 0.11226,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5CF

secondary

#933C40

accent

#444CE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5CF

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

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