#55D8A5#55D8A5

#55D8A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.137 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8A5
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 165)
HSL	hsl(157, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(157, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 23.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -47.86, 14.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 50.04, 163.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.1322 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.137 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0902, 53.7561, 44.1167)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8A5 #D85588

analogous

#55D864 #55D8A5 #55CAD8

triadic

#55D8A5 #A555D8 #D8A555

tetradic

#55D8A5 #6455D8 #D85588 #CAD855

square

#55D8A5 #6455D8 #D85588 #CAD855

split-complementary

#55D8A5 #D855CA #D86455

monochromatic

#219166 #2DC389 #55D8A5 #87E3BF #B9EFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#55D8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#55D8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8A5

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8A5	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CAA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.137 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5bf',
    500: '#55d8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8a5;
$custom-light: #91e5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.641,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79622,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8A5

secondary

#963B5E

accent

#4282E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF8

border

#CFD5D1

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8A5

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

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