#55D8A0#55D8A0

#55D8A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.141 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8A0
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 160)
HSL	hsl(154, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(154, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 25.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -48.94, 17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 51.84, 160.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.1345 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.141 162)
XYZ	xyz(34.6440, 53.5776, 41.7667)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8A0 #D8558D

analogous

#55D85F #55D8A0 #55CFD8

triadic

#55D8A0 #A055D8 #D8A055

tetradic

#55D8A0 #5F55D8 #D8558D #CFD855

square

#55D8A0 #5F55D8 #D8558D #CFD855

split-complementary

#55D8A0 #D855CF #D85F55

monochromatic

#219161 #2DC383 #55D8A0 #87E3BC #B9EFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#55D8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#55D8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8A0

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8A0	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C99D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.141 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5bc',
    500: '#55d8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8a0;
$custom-light: #91e5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.351,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79502,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.53581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8A0

secondary

#963B62

accent

#4288E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF8

border

#CFD5D1

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8A0

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

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