#55D8CF#55D8CF

#55D8CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.115 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8CF
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 207)
HSL	hsl(176, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 4.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -37.69, -6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 38.21, 189.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.1134 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.115 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5596, 55.5438, 67.6556)
Luminance	0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8CF #D8555E

analogous

#55D88E #55D8CF #55A0D8

triadic

#55D8CF #CF55D8 #D8CF55

tetradic

#55D8CF #8E55D8 #D8555E #A0D855

square

#55D8CF #8E55D8 #D8555E #A0D855

split-complementary

#55D8CF #D855A0 #D88E55

monochromatic

#21918A #2DC3B9 #55D8CF #87E3DD #B9EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#55D8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#55D8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8CF

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8CF	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.115 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e4dd',
    500: '#55d8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8cf;
$custom-light: #93e4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.878,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80806,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8CF

secondary

#963B41

accent

#424DE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8CF

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

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