#55D3DC#55D3DC

#55D3DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.111 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D3DC
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 220)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -31.82, -14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 35.10, 204.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.1027 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.111 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9533, 53.6829, 75.9525)
Luminance	0.5369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D3DC #DC5E55

analogous

#55DCA2 #55D3DC #5590DC

triadic

#55D3DC #DC55D3 #D3DC55

tetradic

#55D3DC #A255DC #DC5E55 #90DC55

square

#55D3DC #A255DC #DC5E55 #90DC55

split-complementary

#55D3DC #DC5590 #DCA255

monochromatic

#1F8F97 #2ABFCA #55D3DC #88E0E6 #BBEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#55D3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#55D3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3DC

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D3DC	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.111 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1e6',
    500: '#55d3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d3dc;
$custom-light: #93e1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80062,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D3DC

secondary

#9C4039

accent

#4A3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3DC

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

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