#55DCC4#55DCC4

#55DCC4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.122 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCC4
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 196)
HSL	hsl(169, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(169, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 10.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -42.32, 0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 42.33, 178.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.1223 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.122 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2987, 57.0991, 61.1640)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCC4 #DC556D

analogous

#55DC80 #55DCC4 #55B1DC

triadic

#55DCC4 #C455DC #DCC455

tetradic

#55DCC4 #8055DC #DC556D #B1DC55

square

#55DCC4 #8055DC #DC556D #B1DC55

split-complementary

#55DCC4 #DC55B1 #DC8055

monochromatic

#1F9782 #2ACAAE #55DCC4 #88E6D6 #BBF1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#55DCC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#55DCC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCC4

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCC4	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D0C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC1C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.122 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7d5',
    500: '#55dcc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcc4;
$custom-light: #93e7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81424,
    "c": 0.12232,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCC4

secondary

#9C394B

accent

#3F5DE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCC4

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

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