#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
RGB	rgb(85, 214, 204)
HSL	hsl(175, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 4.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -37.57, -5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 37.99, 188.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.1126 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.114 188)
XYZ	xyz(38.6871, 54.3800, 65.5726)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##55D6CC	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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