#55DCC5#55DCC5

#55DCC5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.122 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCC5
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 197)
HSL	hsl(170, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(170, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 10.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -42.07, 0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 42.07, 179.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.1219 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.122 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4129, 57.1448, 61.7654)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCC5 #DC556C

analogous

#55DC82 #55DCC5 #55AFDC

triadic

#55DCC5 #C555DC #DCC555

tetradic

#55DCC5 #8255DC #DC556C #AFDC55

square

#55DCC5 #8255DC #DC556C #AFDC55

split-complementary

#55DCC5 #DC55AF #DC8255

monochromatic

#1F9783 #2ACAAF #55DCC5 #88E6D6 #BBF1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#55DCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#55DCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCC5

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCC5	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.122 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7d6',
    500: '#55dcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcc5;
$custom-light: #93e7d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.778,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81454,
    "c": 0.12187,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCC5

secondary

#9C394A

accent

#3F5CE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCC5

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

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