#55D8BF#55D8BF

#55D8BF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.120 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8BF
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 191)
HSL	hsl(169, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(169, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 11.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -41.79, 1.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 41.82, 177.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.1204 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.12 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7018, 54.8007, 57.8708)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8BF #D8556E

analogous

#55D87E #55D8BF #55AFD8

triadic

#55D8BF #BF55D8 #D8BF55

tetradic

#55D8BF #7E55D8 #D8556E #AFD855

square

#55D8BF #7E55D8 #D8556E #AFD855

split-complementary

#55D8BF #D855AF #D87E55

monochromatic

#21917C #2DC3A6 #55D8BF #87E3D2 #B9EFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#55D8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8BF

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8BF	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CCBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBEC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.120 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e4d2',
    500: '#55d8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8bf;
$custom-light: #92e4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.55,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80318,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8BF

secondary

#963B4C

accent

#4261E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8BF

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

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