#55D6CE#55D6CE

#55D6CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.113 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D6CE
RGB	rgb(85, 214, 206)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 3.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -37.04, -6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 37.63, 190.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.1117 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.113 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9285, 54.4766, 66.8440)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D6CE #D6555D

analogous

#55D68D #55D6CE #559DD6

triadic

#55D6CE #CE55D6 #D6CE55

tetradic

#55D6CE #8D55D6 #D6555D #9DD655

square

#55D6CE #8D55D6 #D6555D #9DD655

split-complementary

#55D6CE #D6559D #D68D55

monochromatic

#228E88 #2EC0B7 #55D6CE #86E2DC #B8EEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#55D6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#55D6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D6CE

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D6CE	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 214, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.113 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e3dc',
    500: '#55d6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d6ce;
$custom-light: #93e3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.279,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80299,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D6CE

secondary

#943B41

accent

#444EE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D6CE

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

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