#55CDD5#55CDD5

#55CDD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.107 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDD5
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 213)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -30.90, -14.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 33.93, 204.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0994 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.107 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5828, 50.3941, 70.6843)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDD5 #D55D55

analogous

#55D59D #55CDD5 #558DD5

triadic

#55CDD5 #D555CD #CDD555

tetradic

#55CDD5 #9D55D5 #D55D55 #8DD555

square

#55CDD5 #9D55D5 #D55D55 #8DD555

split-complementary

#55CDD5 #D5558D #D59D55

monochromatic

#23868D #2FB5BE #55CDD5 #86DBE1 #B7EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#55CDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#55CDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDD5

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDD5	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.107 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dce1',
    500: '#55cdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdd5;
$custom-light: #92dce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78403,
    "c": 0.10672,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDD5

secondary

#93413C

accent

#4E44E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDD5

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

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