#55DBC4#55DBC4

#55DBC4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.121 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DBC4
RGB	rgb(85, 219, 196)
HSL	hsl(170, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(170, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 10.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -41.87, 0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 41.88, 179.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.1213 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.121 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0370, 56.5757, 61.0768)
Luminance	0.5658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DBC4 #DB556C

analogous

#55DB81 #55DBC4 #55AFDB

triadic

#55DBC4 #C455DB #DBC455

tetradic

#55DBC4 #8155DB #DB556C #AFDB55

square

#55DBC4 #8155DB #DB556C #AFDB55

split-complementary

#55DBC4 #DB55AF #DB8155

monochromatic

#209682 #2AC8AD #55DBC4 #88E6D6 #BAF0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#55DBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#55DBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DBC4

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DBC4	1.00	1.71	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CFC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC0C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 219, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.121 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7d5',
    500: '#55dbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dbc4;
$custom-light: #93e7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.701,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81185,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DBC4

secondary

#9A3A4A

accent

#405DE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DBC4

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

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