#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 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(85, 216, 188) |
| HSL | hsl(167, 63%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(167, 61%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 13%, 15.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.85, -42.53, 3.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.85, 42.64, 175.76°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.23% -0.1217 0.0077) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.23% 0.122 176.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.3750, 54.6700, 56.1499) |
| Luminance | 0.5467 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Aquamarine (survey)
#04D8B2
ΔE00 3.71
Seafoam Blue
#78D1B6
ΔE00 3.94
Mediumaquamarine
#66CDAA
ΔE00 4.27
Turquoise
#40E0D0
ΔE00 4.71
Aqua (survey)
#13EAC9
ΔE00 4.78
Eucalyptus
#44D7A8
ΔE00 5.18
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##55D8BC | 1.00 | 1.76 | 11.93 | 11.93 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.76 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
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