#55D9CF#55D9CF

#55D9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.116 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9CF
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 207)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 4.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -38.15, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 38.59, 188.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.1144 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.116 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8166, 56.0578, 67.7412)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9CF #D9555F

analogous

#55D98D #55D9CF #55A1D9

triadic

#55D9CF #CF55D9 #D9CF55

tetradic

#55D9CF #8D55D9 #D9555F #A1D955

square

#55D9CF #8D55D9 #D9555F #A1D955

split-complementary

#55D9CF #D955A1 #D98D55

monochromatic

#21938A #2CC5B9 #55D9CF #87E4DD #B9EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#55D9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9CF

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9CF	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.116 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5dd',
    500: '#55d9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9cf;
$custom-light: #93e5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.455,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81044,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9CF

secondary

#983A41

accent

#414EE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9CF

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

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