#55DEC6#55DEC6

#55DEC6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.123 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DEC6
RGB	rgb(85, 222, 198)
HSL	hsl(169, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 10.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -42.70, 0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 42.71, 178.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.1235 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.124 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0559, 58.2468, 62.5469)
Luminance	0.5825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DEC6 #DE556D

analogous

#55DE81 #55DEC6 #55B2DE

triadic

#55DEC6 #C655DE #DEC655

tetradic

#55DEC6 #8155DE #DE556D #B2DE55

square

#55DEC6 #8155DE #DE556D #B2DE55

split-complementary

#55DEC6 #DE55B2 #DE8155

monochromatic

#1E9B85 #28CEB1 #55DEC6 #88E8D7 #BCF2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#55DEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#55DEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DEC6

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DEC6	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 222, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.123 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e9d7',
    500: '#55dec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dec6;
$custom-light: #93e9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.489,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81962,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DEC6

secondary

#9E394B

accent

#1637CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DEC6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →