#55D8BB#55D8BB

#55D8BB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.123 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55D8BB
RGBrgb(85, 216, 187)
HSLhsl(167, 63%, 59%)
HSVhsv(167, 61%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(60.6%, 0%, 13.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(78.83, -42.77, 3.65)
CIE-LCHlch(78.83, 42.93, 175.12°)
OKLaboklab(80.2% -0.1222 0.009)
OKLCHoklch(80.2% 0.123 175.8)
XYZxyz(37.2676, 54.6270, 55.5841)
Luminance0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55D8BB #D85572
analogous
#55D87A #55D8BB #55B3D8
triadic
#55D8BB #BB55D8 #D8BB55
tetradic
#55D8BB #7A55D8 #D85572 #B3D855
square
#55D8BB #7A55D8 #D85572 #B3D855
split-complementary
#55D8BB #D855B3 #D87A55
monochromatic
#219178 #2DC3A2 #55D8BB #87E3CF #B9EFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76
#55D8BB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93
#55D8BB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8BB
11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55D8BB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55D8BB1.001.7611.9311.93
#FFFFFF1.761.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9321.001.001.00
##00000011.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1CBBA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDBDBD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DBCF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55d8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.123 175.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e5cf',
    500: '#55d8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55d8bb;
$custom-light: #92e5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55d8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.718,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80203,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55D8BB
secondary
#963B4F
accent
#4266E6
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFB
border
#CFD5D4
text
#0E1613
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8BB

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#55D8BB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva