#55DEC9#55DEC9

#55DEC9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.122 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DEC9
RGB	rgb(85, 222, 201)
HSL	hsl(171, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(171, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 9.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -41.95, -0.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 41.95, 180.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.1222 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.122 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4053, 58.3866, 64.3874)
Luminance	0.5839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DEC9 #DE556A

analogous

#55DE84 #55DEC9 #55AEDE

triadic

#55DEC9 #C955DE #DEC955

tetradic

#55DEC9 #8455DE #DE556A #AEDE55

square

#55DEC9 #8455DE #DE556A #AEDE55

split-complementary

#55DEC9 #DE55AE #DE8455

monochromatic

#1E9B87 #28CEB4 #55DEC9 #88E8D9 #BCF2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#55DEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#55DEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DEC9

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DEC9	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 222, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.122 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e9d9',
    500: '#55dec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dec9;
$custom-light: #93e9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.803,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82051,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DEC9

secondary

#9E3948

accent

#1633CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DEC9

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

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