#55CDDB#55CDDB

#55CDDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.108 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDDB
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 219)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 6.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -29.21, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 33.78, 210.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.097 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.108 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3584, 50.7044, 74.7695)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDDB #DB6355

analogous

#55DBA6 #55CDDB #558ADB

triadic

#55CDDB #DB55CD #CDDB55

tetradic

#55CDDB #A655DB #DB6355 #8ADB55

square

#55CDDB #A655DB #DB6355 #8ADB55

split-complementary

#55CDDB #DB558A #DBA655

monochromatic

#208A96 #2AB8C8 #55CDDB #88DCE6 #BAEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#55CDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#55CDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDDB

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDDB	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.108 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dce6',
    500: '#55cddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cddb;
$custom-light: #93dce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.269,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78619,
    "c": 0.10775,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDDB

secondary

#9A443A

accent

#5140E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDDB

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

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