#55CDDD#55CDDD

#55CDDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.108 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDDD
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 221)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 7.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -28.64, -17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 33.80, 212.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0961 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.108 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6233, 50.8103, 76.1645)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDDD #DD6555

analogous

#55DDA9 #55CDDD #5589DD

triadic

#55CDDD #DD55CD #CDDD55

tetradic

#55CDDD #A955DD #DD6555 #89DD55

square

#55CDDD #A955DD #DD6555 #89DD55

split-complementary

#55CDDD #DD5589 #DDA955

monochromatic

#1F8B99 #29B9CC #55CDDD #88DCE7 #BBEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#55CDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#55CDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDDD

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDDD	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.108 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dce7',
    500: '#55cddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cddd;
$custom-light: #93dce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78692,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDDD

secondary

#9D4539

accent

#523EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDDD

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

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