#55DCC9#55DCC9

#55DCC9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.120 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCC9
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 201)
HSL	hsl(172, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 8.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, -41.06, -1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 41.09, 182.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.1201 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.12 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8773, 57.3305, 64.2113)
Luminance	0.5734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCC9 #DC5568

analogous

#55DC86 #55DCC9 #55ABDC

triadic

#55DCC9 #C955DC #DCC955

tetradic

#55DCC9 #8655DC #DC5568 #ABDC55

square

#55DCC9 #8655DC #DC5568 #ABDC55

split-complementary

#55DCC9 #DC55AB #DC8655

monochromatic

#1F9787 #2ACAB4 #55DCC9 #88E6D9 #BBF1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#55DCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#55DCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCC9

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCC9	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.120 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7d9',
    500: '#55dcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcc9;
$custom-light: #93e7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.556,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81573,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCC9

secondary

#9C3947

accent

#3F57E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCC9

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

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