#55D8BD#55D8BD

#55D8BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.121 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8BD
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 189)
HSL	hsl(168, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 12.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -42.28, 2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 42.37, 176.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.1213 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.121 177)
XYZ	xyz(37.4832, 54.7133, 56.7196)
Luminance	0.5472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8BD #D85570

analogous

#55D87C #55D8BD #55B1D8

triadic

#55D8BD #BD55D8 #D8BD55

tetradic

#55D8BD #7C55D8 #D85570 #B1D855

square

#55D8BD #7C55D8 #D85570 #B1D855

split-complementary

#55D8BD #D855B1 #D87C55

monochromatic

#21917A #2DC3A4 #55D8BD #87E3D0 #B9EFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#55D8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8BD

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8BD	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CCBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBDBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.121 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e4d0',
    500: '#55d8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8bd;
$custom-light: #92e4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.634,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8026,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.54717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8BD

secondary

#963B4E

accent

#4264E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8BD

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

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