#55D6BF#55D6BF

#55D6BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.118 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D6BF
RGB	rgb(85, 214, 191)
HSL	hsl(169, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 10.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -40.90, 0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 40.91, 178.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.1183 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.118 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1925, 53.7822, 57.7010)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D6BF #D6556C

analogous

#55D67E #55D6BF #55ACD6

triadic

#55D6BF #BF55D6 #D6BF55

tetradic

#55D6BF #7E55D6 #D6556C #ACD655

square

#55D6BF #7E55D6 #D6556C #ACD655

split-complementary

#55D6BF #D655AC #D67E55

monochromatic

#228E7B #2EC0A6 #55D6BF #86E2D2 #B8EEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#55D6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#55D6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D6BF

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D6BF	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABCC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 214, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.118 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e3d2',
    500: '#55d6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d6bf;
$custom-light: #92e3d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.302,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79836,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D6BF

secondary

#943B4B

accent

#4460E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D6BF

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

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