#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
RGBrgb(85, 220, 201)
HSLhsl(172, 66%, 60%)
HSVhsv(172, 61%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(61.4%, 0%, 8.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(80.37, -41.06, -1.57)
CIE-LCHlch(80.37, 41.09, 182.19°)
OKLaboklab(81.57% -0.1201 -0.0049)
OKLCHoklch(81.57% 0.12 182.3)
XYZxyz(39.8773, 57.3305, 64.2113)
Luminance0.5734 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##55DCC91.001.6812.4712.47
#FFFFFF1.681.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4721.001.001.00
##00000012.4721.001.001.00

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

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#55DCC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva