#55DEC5#55DEC5

#55DEC5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.124 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DEC5
RGB	rgb(85, 222, 197)
HSL	hsl(169, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 11.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -42.95, 1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 42.97, 178.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.1239 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.124 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9409, 58.2008, 61.9415)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DEC5 #DE556E

analogous

#55DE80 #55DEC5 #55B3DE

triadic

#55DEC5 #C555DE #DEC555

tetradic

#55DEC5 #8055DE #DE556E #B3DE55

square

#55DEC5 #8055DE #DE556E #B3DE55

split-complementary

#55DEC5 #DE55B3 #DE8055

monochromatic

#1E9B84 #28CEB0 #55DEC5 #88E8D6 #BCF2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#55DEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#55DEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DEC5

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DEC5	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 222, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.124 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e9d6',
    500: '#55dec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dec5;
$custom-light: #93e9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.051,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81933,
    "c": 0.12396,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DEC5

secondary

#9E394B

accent

#1638CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DEC5

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

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