#55D9CB#55D9CB

#55D9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.117 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9CB
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 203)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -39.19, -3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 39.38, 185.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.1161 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.117 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3338, 55.8647, 65.1984)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9CB #D95563

analogous

#55D989 #55D9CB #55A5D9

triadic

#55D9CB #CB55D9 #D9CB55

tetradic

#55D9CB #8955D9 #D95563 #A5D955

square

#55D9CB #8955D9 #D95563 #A5D955

split-complementary

#55D9CB #D955A5 #D98955

monochromatic

#219387 #2CC5B5 #55D9CB #87E4DA #B9EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#55D9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#55D9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9CB

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9CB	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.117 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5da',
    500: '#55d9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9cb;
$custom-light: #93e5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.636,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80918,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9CB

secondary

#983A44

accent

#4153E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9CB

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

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