#55D8BE#55D8BE
#55D8BE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.121 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #55D8BE |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(85, 216, 190) |
| HSL | hsl(168, 63%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(168, 61%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 12%, 15.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.90, -42.04, 2.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.90, 42.09, 177.06°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.29% -0.1208 0.0051) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.29% 0.121 177.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.5921, 54.7568, 57.2932) |
| Luminance | 0.5476 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Seafoam Blue
#78D1B6
ΔE00 4.07
Aquamarine (survey)
#04D8B2
ΔE00 4.13
Turquoise
#40E0D0
ΔE00 4.17
Mediumaquamarine
#66CDAA
ΔE00 4.69
Aqua (survey)
#13EAC9
ΔE00 4.87
Eucalyptus
#44D7A8
ΔE00 5.79
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#55D8BE #D8556F
analogous
#55D87D #55D8BE #55B0D8
triadic
#55D8BE #BE55D8 #D8BE55
tetradic
#55D8BE #7D55D8 #D8556F #B0D855
square
#55D8BE #7D55D8 #D8556F #B0D855
split-complementary
#55D8BE #D855B0 #D87D55
monochromatic
#21917B #2DC3A5 #55D8BE #87E3D1 #B9EFE4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.76
#55D8BE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.95
#55D8BE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #55D8BE
11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##55D8BE | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##55D8BE | 1.00 | 1.76 | 11.95 | 11.95 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.76 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0CCBD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDBDC0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DBD0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #55d8be; /* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 190); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.121 177.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#92e4d1',
500: '#55d8be',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #55d8be; $custom-light: #92e4d1; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#55d8be",
"rgb": {
"r": 85,
"g": 216,
"b": 190
},
"hsl": {
"h": 168.092,
"s": 62.679,
"l": 59.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80289,
"c": 0.12095,
"h": 177.6
},
"luminance": 0.54761
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#55D8BE
secondary
#963B4D
accent
#4263E6
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFB
border
#CFD5D4
text
#0E1614
muted
#7F8483