#55DCC8#55DCC8

#55DCC8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.121 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCC8
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 200)
HSL	hsl(171, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(171, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 9.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, -41.31, -1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 41.32, 181.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.1205 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.121 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7600, 57.2836, 63.5938)
Luminance	0.5729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCC8 #DC5569

analogous

#55DC84 #55DCC8 #55ADDC

triadic

#55DCC8 #C855DC #DCC855

tetradic

#55DCC8 #8455DC #DC5569 #ADDC55

square

#55DCC8 #8455DC #DC5569 #ADDC55

split-complementary

#55DCC8 #DC55AD #DC8455

monochromatic

#1F9786 #2ACAB2 #55DCC8 #88E6D8 #BBF1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#55DCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#55DCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCC8

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCC8	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.121 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7d8',
    500: '#55dcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcc8;
$custom-light: #93e7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.111,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81543,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCC8

secondary

#9C3948

accent

#3F58E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCC8

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

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