#55D9CC#55D9CC

#55D9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.116 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9CC
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 204)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -38.93, -4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 39.18, 186.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.1157 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.116 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4533, 55.9125, 65.8280)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9CC #D95562

analogous

#55D98A #55D9CC #55A4D9

triadic

#55D9CC #CC55D9 #D9CC55

tetradic

#55D9CC #8A55D9 #D95562 #A4D955

square

#55D9CC #8A55D9 #D95562 #A4D955

split-complementary

#55D9CC #D955A4 #D98A55

monochromatic

#219388 #2CC5B6 #55D9CC #87E4DB #B9EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#55D9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9CC

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9CC	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.116 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5db',
    500: '#55d9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9cc;
$custom-light: #93e5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.091,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80949,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9CC

secondary

#983A44

accent

#4152E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9CC

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

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