#55D6CC#55D6CC

#55D6CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.114 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55D6CC
RGBrgb(85, 214, 204)
HSLhsl(175, 61%, 59%)
HSVhsv(175, 60%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(60.3%, 0%, 4.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(78.68, -37.57, -5.65)
CIE-LCHlch(78.68, 37.99, 188.55°)
OKLaboklab(80.24% -0.1126 -0.0159)
OKLCHoklch(80.24% 0.114 188)
XYZxyz(38.6871, 54.3800, 65.5726)
Luminance0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55D6CC #D6555F
analogous
#55D68B #55D6CC #559FD6
triadic
#55D6CC #CC55D6 #D6CC55
tetradic
#55D6CC #8B55D6 #D6555F #9FD655
square
#55D6CC #8B55D6 #D6555F #9FD655
split-complementary
#55D6CC #D6559F #D68B55
monochromatic
#228E86 #2EC0B4 #55D6CC #86E2DB #B8EEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77
#55D6CC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88
#55D6CC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D6CC
11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55D6CC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55D6CC1.001.7711.8811.88
#FFFFFF1.771.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8821.001.001.00
##00000011.8821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBCBCC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7BDCD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DBD3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55d6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 214, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.114 188.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e3db',
    500: '#55d6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55d6cc;
$custom-light: #92e3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55d6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.349,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80235,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.54384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55D6CC
secondary
#943B42
accent
#4450E4
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFB
border
#CFD5D4
text
#0E1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D6CC

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#55D6CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva