#55D6CF#55D6CF

#55D6CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.113 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D6CF
RGB	rgb(85, 214, 207)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -36.77, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 37.46, 190.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.1113 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.113 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0504, 54.5253, 67.4858)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D6CF #D6555C

analogous

#55D68E #55D6CF #559CD6

triadic

#55D6CF #CF55D6 #D6CF55

tetradic

#55D6CF #8E55D6 #D6555C #9CD655

square

#55D6CF #8E55D6 #D6555C #9CD655

split-complementary

#55D6CF #D6559C #D68E55

monochromatic

#228E88 #2EC0B8 #55D6CF #86E2DD #B8EEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#55D6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D6CF

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D6CF	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 214, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.113 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e3dd',
    500: '#55d6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d6cf;
$custom-light: #93e3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.744,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80331,
    "c": 0.11306,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D6CF

secondary

#943B40

accent

#444CE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D6CF

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

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