#55D8A3#55D8A3

#55D8A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.139 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8A3
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 163)
HSL	hsl(156, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(156, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 24.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -48.29, 15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 50.76, 162.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.1331 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.139 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9096, 53.6838, 43.1655)
Luminance	0.5369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8A3 #D8558A

analogous

#55D862 #55D8A3 #55CCD8

triadic

#55D8A3 #A355D8 #D8A355

tetradic

#55D8A3 #6255D8 #D8558A #CCD855

square

#55D8A3 #6255D8 #D8558A #CCD855

split-complementary

#55D8A3 #D855CC #D86255

monochromatic

#219164 #2DC386 #55D8A3 #87E3BE #B9EFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#55D8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#55D8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8A3

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8A3	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C9A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.139 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5be',
    500: '#55d8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8a3;
$custom-light: #91e5be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.725,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79573,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8A3

secondary

#963B60

accent

#4284E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF8

border

#CFD5D1

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8A3

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

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