#55CDD9#55CDD9

#55CDD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.107 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDD9
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 217)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -29.78, -15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 33.80, 208.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0978 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.107 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0967, 50.5997, 73.3912)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDD9 #D96155

analogous

#55D9A3 #55CDD9 #558BD9

triadic

#55CDD9 #D955CD #CDD955

tetradic

#55CDD9 #A355D9 #D96155 #8BD955

square

#55CDD9 #A355D9 #D96155 #8BD955

split-complementary

#55CDD9 #D9558B #D9A355

monochromatic

#218893 #2CB7C5 #55CDD9 #87DCE4 #B9EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#55CDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#55CDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDD9

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDD9	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.107 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dce4',
    500: '#55cdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdd9;
$custom-light: #93dce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78546,
    "c": 0.10733,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDD9

secondary

#98433A

accent

#5041E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDD9

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

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