#55D0DC#55D0DC

#55D0DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.109 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D0DC
RGB	rgb(85, 208, 220)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 5.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -30.38, -16.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 34.40, 207.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0996 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.109 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2150, 52.2062, 75.7064)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D0DC #DC6155

analogous

#55DCA4 #55D0DC #558DDC

triadic

#55D0DC #DC55D0 #D0DC55

tetradic

#55D0DC #A455DC #DC6155 #8DDC55

square

#55D0DC #A455DC #DC6155 #8DDC55

split-complementary

#55D0DC #DC558D #DCA455

monochromatic

#1F8D97 #2ABCCA #55D0DC #88DEE6 #BBECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#55D0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#55D0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D0DC

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D0DC	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 208, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.109 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dee6',
    500: '#55d0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d0dc;
$custom-light: #93dee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79358,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D0DC

secondary

#9C4239

accent

#4E3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D0DC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →