#55D5D9#55D5D9

#55D5D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.112 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5D9
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 217)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 1.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -33.60, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 35.84, 200.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.106 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.112 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0595, 54.5253, 74.0454)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5D9 #D95955

analogous

#55D99B #55D5D9 #5593D9

triadic

#55D5D9 #D955D5 #D5D955

tetradic

#55D5D9 #9B55D9 #D95955 #93D955

square

#55D5D9 #9B55D9 #D95955 #93D955

split-complementary

#55D5D9 #D95593 #D99B55

monochromatic

#218F93 #2CC0C5 #55D5D9 #87E1E4 #B9EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#55D5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5D9

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5D9	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.112 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2e4',
    500: '#55d5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5d9;
$custom-light: #93e2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.818,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80428,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5D9

secondary

#983D3A

accent

#4641E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5D9

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

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