#55D4DE#55D4DE

#55D4DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.111 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4DE
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 222)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 4.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -31.73, -15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 35.26, 205.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.1029 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.111 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4690, 54.2879, 77.4389)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4DE #DE5F55

analogous

#55DEA4 #55D4DE #558FDE

triadic

#55D4DE #DE55D4 #D4DE55

tetradic

#55D4DE #A455DE #DE5F55 #8FDE55

square

#55D4DE #A455DE #DE5F55 #8FDE55

split-complementary

#55D4DE #DE558F #DEA455

monochromatic

#1E919B #28C2CE #55D4DE #88E1E8 #BCEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#55D4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#55D4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4DE

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4DE	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.111 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1e8',
    500: '#55d4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4de;
$custom-light: #94e1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.38,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80367,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4DE

secondary

#9E4039

accent

#2416CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4DE

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

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