#55D9CD#55D9CD

#55D9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.116 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9CD
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 205)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -38.67, -4.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 38.98, 187.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.1153 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.116 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5736, 55.9606, 66.4617)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9CD #D95561

analogous

#55D98B #55D9CD #55A3D9

triadic

#55D9CD #CD55D9 #D9CD55

tetradic

#55D9CD #8B55D9 #D95561 #A3D955

square

#55D9CD #8B55D9 #D95561 #A3D955

split-complementary

#55D9CD #D955A3 #D98B55

monochromatic

#219388 #2CC5B7 #55D9CD #87E4DC #B9EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#55D9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9CD

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9CD	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.116 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5dc',
    500: '#55d9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9cd;
$custom-light: #93e5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80981,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9CD

secondary

#983A43

accent

#4150E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9CD

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

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