#55CCDD#55CCDD

#55CCDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.108 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CCDD
RGB	rgb(85, 204, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -28.15, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 33.62, 213.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0951 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.108 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3849, 50.3335, 76.0850)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CCDD #DD6655

analogous

#55DDAA #55CCDD #5588DD

triadic

#55CCDD #DD55CC #CCDD55

tetradic

#55CCDD #AA55DD #DD6655 #88DD55

square

#55CCDD #AA55DD #DD6655 #88DD55

split-complementary

#55CCDD #DD5588 #DDAA55

monochromatic

#1F8A99 #29B8CC #55CCDD #88DBE7 #BBEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#55CCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#55CCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CCDD

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CCDD	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ccdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 204, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.108 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dce7',
    500: '#55ccdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ccdd;
$custom-light: #93dce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ccdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78458,
    "c": 0.10791,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CCDD

secondary

#9D4639

accent

#543EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CCDD

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

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