#55D8A2#55D8A2

#55D8A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.140 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8A2
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 162)
HSL	hsl(155, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(155, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 25%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -48.51, 16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 51.12, 161.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.1335 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.14 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8204, 53.6481, 42.6955)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8A2 #D8558B

analogous

#55D861 #55D8A2 #55CDD8

triadic

#55D8A2 #A255D8 #D8A255

tetradic

#55D8A2 #6155D8 #D8558B #CDD855

square

#55D8A2 #6155D8 #D8558B #CDD855

split-complementary

#55D8A2 #D855CD #D86155

monochromatic

#219163 #2DC385 #55D8A2 #87E3BD #B9EFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#55D8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#55D8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8A2

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8A2	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C99F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.140 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5bd',
    500: '#55d8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8a2;
$custom-light: #91e5bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.267,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79549,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8A2

secondary

#963B61

accent

#4286E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF8

border

#CFD5D1

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8A2

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

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