#55DEC4#55DEC4

#55DEC4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.124 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DEC4
RGB	rgb(85, 222, 196)
HSL	hsl(169, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 11.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -43.20, 1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 43.23, 177.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.1244 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.124 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8267, 58.1552, 61.3400)
Luminance	0.5816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DEC4 #DE556F

analogous

#55DE7F #55DEC4 #55B4DE

triadic

#55DEC4 #C455DE #DEC455

tetradic

#55DEC4 #7F55DE #DE556F #B4DE55

square

#55DEC4 #7F55DE #DE556F #B4DE55

split-complementary

#55DEC4 #DE55B4 #DE7F55

monochromatic

#1E9B83 #28CEAE #55DEC4 #88E8D6 #BCF2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#55DEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#55DEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DEC4

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DEC4	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 222, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.124 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e9d5',
    500: '#55dec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dec4;
$custom-light: #93e9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.613,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81904,
    "c": 0.12444,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DEC4

secondary

#9E394C

accent

#1639CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DEC4

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

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