#55D9CA#55D9CA

#55D9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.117 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9CA
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 202)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 6.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -39.45, -3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 39.60, 184.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.1166 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.117 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2150, 55.8171, 64.5728)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9CA #D95564

analogous

#55D988 #55D9CA #55A6D9

triadic

#55D9CA #CA55D9 #D9CA55

tetradic

#55D9CA #8855D9 #D95564 #A6D955

square

#55D9CA #8855D9 #D95564 #A6D955

split-complementary

#55D9CA #D955A6 #D98855

monochromatic

#219386 #2CC5B3 #55D9CA #87E4DA #B9EFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#55D9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#55D9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9CA

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9CA	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.117 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5da',
    500: '#55d9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9ca;
$custom-light: #93e5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.182,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80887,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9CA

secondary

#983A45

accent

#4154E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9CA

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

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