#55D6CD#55D6CD

#55D6CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.113 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55D6CD
RGBrgb(85, 214, 205)
HSLhsl(176, 61%, 59%)
HSVhsv(176, 60%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(60.3%, 0%, 4.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(78.71, -37.30, -6.14)
CIE-LCHlch(78.71, 37.81, 189.35°)
OKLaboklab(80.27% -0.1122 -0.0172)
OKLCHoklch(80.27% 0.113 188.7)
XYZxyz(38.8074, 54.4281, 66.2063)
Luminance0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55D6CD #D6555E
analogous
#55D68C #55D6CD #559ED6
triadic
#55D6CD #CD55D6 #D6CD55
tetradic
#55D6CD #8C55D6 #D6555E #9ED655
square
#55D6CD #8C55D6 #D6555E #9ED655
split-complementary
#55D6CD #D6559E #D68C55
monochromatic
#228E87 #2EC0B5 #55D6CD #86E2DC #B8EEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77
#55D6CD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89
#55D6CD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D6CD
11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55D6CD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55D6CD1.001.7711.8911.89
#FFFFFF1.771.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8921.001.001.00
##00000011.8921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBCBCD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7BDCE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DBD3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55d6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 214, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.113 188.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e3dc',
    500: '#55d6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55d6cd;
$custom-light: #93e3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55d6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.814,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80266,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55D6CD
secondary
#943B41
accent
#444FE4
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFB
border
#CFD5D4
text
#0E1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D6CD

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#55D6CD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva