#55D8CE#55D8CE

#55D8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.115 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8CE
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 4.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -37.96, -5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 38.39, 188.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.1138 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.115 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4378, 55.4951, 67.0138)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8CE #D8555F

analogous

#55D88D #55D8CE #55A1D8

triadic

#55D8CE #CE55D8 #D8CE55

tetradic

#55D8CE #8D55D8 #D8555F #A1D855

square

#55D8CE #8D55D8 #D8555F #A1D855

split-complementary

#55D8CE #D855A1 #D88D55

monochromatic

#219189 #2DC3B8 #55D8CE #87E3DC #B9EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#55D8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#55D8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8CE

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8CE	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.115 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4dc',
    500: '#55d8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8ce;
$custom-light: #93e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.42,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80774,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8CE

secondary

#963B42

accent

#424FE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8CE

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

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