#55D1DD#55D1DD

#55D1DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.110 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D1DD
RGB	rgb(85, 209, 221)
HSL	hsl(185, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 5.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -30.58, -16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 34.60, 207.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.1003 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.11 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5924, 52.7485, 76.4875)
Luminance	0.5275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D1DD #DD6155

analogous

#55DDA5 #55D1DD #558DDD

triadic

#55D1DD #DD55D1 #D1DD55

tetradic

#55D1DD #A555DD #DD6155 #8DDD55

square

#55D1DD #A555DD #DD6155 #8DDD55

split-complementary

#55D1DD #DD558D #DDA555

monochromatic

#1F8E99 #29BECC #55D1DD #88DFE7 #BBEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#55D1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#55D1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D1DD

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D1DD	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 209, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.110 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dfe7',
    500: '#55d1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d1dd;
$custom-light: #93dfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79628,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D1DD

secondary

#9D4239

accent

#4D3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D1DD

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

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