#55D6CA#55D6CA

#55D6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.114 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D6CA
RGB	rgb(85, 214, 202)
HSL	hsl(174, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 5.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -38.09, -4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 38.37, 186.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.1135 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.114 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4488, 54.2847, 64.3174)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D6CA #D65561

analogous

#55D689 #55D6CA #55A1D6

triadic

#55D6CA #CA55D6 #D6CA55

tetradic

#55D6CA #8955D6 #D65561 #A1D655

square

#55D6CA #8955D6 #D65561 #A1D655

split-complementary

#55D6CA #D655A1 #D68955

monochromatic

#228E84 #2EC0B2 #55D6CA #86E2D9 #B8EEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#55D6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#55D6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D6CA

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D6CA	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCBCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 214, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.114 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e3da',
    500: '#55d6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d6ca;
$custom-light: #92e3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.419,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80171,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D6CA

secondary

#943B44

accent

#4452E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D6CA

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

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