#55D4DB#55D4DB

#55D4DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.111 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4DB
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 219)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 3.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -32.57, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 35.41, 203.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.1042 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.111 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0705, 54.1285, 75.3402)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4DB #DB5C55

analogous

#55DB9F #55D4DB #5591DB

triadic

#55D4DB #DB55D4 #D4DB55

tetradic

#55D4DB #9F55DB #DB5C55 #91DB55

square

#55D4DB #9F55DB #DB5C55 #91DB55

split-complementary

#55D4DB #DB5591 #DB9F55

monochromatic

#209096 #2AC0C8 #55D4DB #88E1E6 #BAEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#55D4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#55D4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4DB

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4DB	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CBDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.111 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1e6',
    500: '#55d4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4db;
$custom-light: #93e1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.134,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80262,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4DB

secondary

#9A3F3A

accent

#4940E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4DB

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

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