#55D8BC#55D8BC

#55D8BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.122 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55D8BC
RGBrgb(85, 216, 188)
HSLhsl(167, 63%, 59%)
HSVhsv(167, 61%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(60.6%, 0%, 13%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(78.85, -42.53, 3.15)
CIE-LCHlch(78.85, 42.64, 175.76°)
OKLaboklab(80.23% -0.1217 0.0077)
OKLCHoklch(80.23% 0.122 176.4)
XYZxyz(37.3750, 54.6700, 56.1499)
Luminance0.5467 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55D8BC #D85571
analogous
#55D87B #55D8BC #55B2D8
triadic
#55D8BC #BC55D8 #D8BC55
tetradic
#55D8BC #7B55D8 #D85571 #B2D855
square
#55D8BC #7B55D8 #D85571 #B2D855
split-complementary
#55D8BC #D855B2 #D87B55
monochromatic
#219179 #2DC3A3 #55D8BC #87E3D0 #B9EFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76
#55D8BC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93
#55D8BC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8BC
11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55D8BC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55D8BC1.001.7611.9311.93
#FFFFFF1.761.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9321.001.001.00
##00000011.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0CBBB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDBDBE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DBD0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55d8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.122 176.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e4d0',
    500: '#55d8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55d8bc;
$custom-light: #92e4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55d8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.176,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80231,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55D8BC
secondary
#963B4E
accent
#4265E6
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFB
border
#CFD5D4
text
#0E1613
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8BC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#55D8BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva