#55CDDA#55CDDA

#55CDDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.108 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDDA
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 218)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -29.49, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 33.78, 209.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0974 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.108 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2272, 50.6519, 74.0783)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDDA #DA6255

analogous

#55DAA5 #55CDDA #558ADA

triadic

#55CDDA #DA55CD #CDDA55

tetradic

#55CDDA #A555DA #DA6255 #8ADA55

square

#55CDDA #A555DA #DA6255 #8ADA55

split-complementary

#55CDDA #DA558A #DAA555

monochromatic

#208994 #2BB7C7 #55CDDA #87DCE5 #BAEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#55CDDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#55CDDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDDA

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDDA	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.108 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dce5',
    500: '#55cdda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdda;
$custom-light: #93dce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.865,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78582,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDDA

secondary

#99433A

accent

#5141E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDDA

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

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