#55CDD4#55CDD4

#55CDD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.107 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDD4
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -31.18, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 33.99, 203.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0998 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.107 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4562, 50.3435, 70.0179)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDD4 #D45C55

analogous

#55D49B #55CDD4 #558DD4

triadic

#55CDD4 #D455CD #CDD455

tetradic

#55CDD4 #9B55D4 #D45C55 #8DD455

square

#55CDD4 #9B55D4 #D45C55 #8DD455

split-complementary

#55CDD4 #D4558D #D49B55

monochromatic

#23868B #30B4BC #55CDD4 #86DBE0 #B7EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#55CDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#55CDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDD4

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDD4	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)

#BFC5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.107 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dce1',
    500: '#55cdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdd4;
$custom-light: #92dce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.307,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78368,
    "c": 0.10662,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDD4

secondary

#91403C

accent

#4E45E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDD4

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

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