#55D4D4#55D4D4

#55D4D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.111 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4D4
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 212)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(180, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -34.50, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 36.05, 196.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.1071 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.111 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1683, 53.7676, 70.5886)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4D4 #D45555

analogous

#55D494 #55D4D4 #5594D4

triadic

#55D4D4 #D455D4 #D4D455

tetradic

#55D4D4 #9455D4 #D45555 #94D455

square

#55D4D4 #9455D4 #D45555 #94D455

split-complementary

#55D4D4 #D45594 #D49455

monochromatic

#238B8B #30BCBC #55D4D4 #86E0E0 #B7EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#55D4D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#55D4D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4D4

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4D4	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CAD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BBD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.111 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1e1',
    500: '#55d4d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4d4;
$custom-light: #93e1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80022,
    "c": 0.11095,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4D4

secondary

#913C3C

accent

#4545E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4D4

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

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