#55D4DC#55D4DC

#55D4DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.111 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4DC
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 220)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -32.29, -14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 35.35, 204.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.1037 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.111 201)
XYZ	xyz(40.2025, 54.1813, 76.0356)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4DC #DC5D55

analogous

#55DCA1 #55D4DC #5590DC

triadic

#55D4DC #DC55D4 #D4DC55

tetradic

#55D4DC #A155DC #DC5D55 #90DC55

square

#55D4DC #A155DC #DC5D55 #90DC55

split-complementary

#55D4DC #DC5590 #DCA155

monochromatic

#1F9097 #2AC1CA #55D4DC #88E1E6 #BBEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#55D4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#55D4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4DC

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4DC	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CBDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.111 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1e6',
    500: '#55d4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4dc;
$custom-light: #93e1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.556,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80297,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.54186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4DC

secondary

#9C3F39

accent

#493FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4DC

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

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