#55D3D9#55D3D9

#55D3D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.110 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D3D9
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 217)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 2.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -32.65, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 35.28, 202.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.104 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.11 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5596, 53.5254, 73.8788)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D3D9 #D95B55

analogous

#55D99D #55D3D9 #5591D9

triadic

#55D3D9 #D955D3 #D3D955

tetradic

#55D3D9 #9D55D9 #D95B55 #91D955

square

#55D3D9 #9D55D9 #D95B55 #91D955

split-complementary

#55D3D9 #D95591 #D99D55

monochromatic

#218E93 #2CBEC5 #55D3D9 #87E0E4 #B9EDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#55D3D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#55D3D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3D9

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D3D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D3D9	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d3d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.110 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1e4',
    500: '#55d3d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d3d9;
$custom-light: #93e1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d3d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79957,
    "c": 0.11036,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D3D9

secondary

#983F3A

accent

#4941E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3D9

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

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