#55D9CE#55D9CE

#55D9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.116 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9CE
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 5.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -38.41, -5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 38.78, 187.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.1148 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.116 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6947, 56.0090, 67.0994)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9CE #D95560

analogous

#55D98C #55D9CE #55A2D9

triadic

#55D9CE #CE55D9 #D9CE55

tetradic

#55D9CE #8C55D9 #D95560 #A2D955

square

#55D9CE #8C55D9 #D95560 #A2D955

split-complementary

#55D9CE #D955A2 #D98C55

monochromatic

#219389 #2CC5B8 #55D9CE #87E4DC #B9EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#55D9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9CE

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9CE	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.116 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5dc',
    500: '#55d9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9ce;
$custom-light: #93e5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81012,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9CE

secondary

#983A42

accent

#414FE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9CE

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

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