#55D0DD#55D0DD

#55D0DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.109 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D0DD
RGB	rgb(85, 208, 221)
HSL	hsl(186, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 5.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -30.09, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 34.38, 208.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0992 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.109 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3478, 52.2593, 76.4060)
Luminance	0.5226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D0DD #DD6255

analogous

#55DDA6 #55D0DD #558CDD

triadic

#55D0DD #DD55D0 #D0DD55

tetradic

#55D0DD #A655DD #DD6255 #8CDD55

square

#55D0DD #A655DD #DD6255 #8CDD55

split-complementary

#55D0DD #DD558C #DDA655

monochromatic

#1F8D99 #29BCCC #55D0DD #88DEE7 #BBECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#55D0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#55D0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D0DD

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D0DD	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 208, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.109 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dee7',
    500: '#55d0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d0dd;
$custom-light: #93dee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.735,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79394,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D0DD

secondary

#9D4339

accent

#4F3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D0DD

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

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