#55D4DD#55D4DD

#55D4DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.111 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4DD
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -32.01, -14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 35.30, 204.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.1033 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.111 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3354, 54.2344, 76.7352)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4DD #DD5E55

analogous

#55DDA2 #55D4DD #5590DD

triadic

#55D4DD #DD55D4 #D4DD55

tetradic

#55D4DD #A255DD #DD5E55 #90DD55

square

#55D4DD #A255DD #DD5E55 #90DD55

split-complementary

#55D4DD #DD5590 #DDA255

monochromatic

#1F9199 #29C1CC #55D4DD #88E1E7 #BBEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#55D4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#55D4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4DD

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4DD	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CBDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.111 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1e7',
    500: '#55d4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4dd;
$custom-light: #94e1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.971,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80332,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4DD

secondary

#9D4039

accent

#4A3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4DD

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

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