#55D5DB#55D5DB

#55D5DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.112 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5DB
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 219)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 2.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -33.05, -13.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 35.68, 202.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.1052 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.112 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3212, 54.6300, 75.4238)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5DB #DB5B55

analogous

#55DB9E #55D5DB #5592DB

triadic

#55D5DB #DB55D5 #D5DB55

tetradic

#55D5DB #9E55DB #DB5B55 #92DB55

square

#55D5DB #9E55DB #DB5B55 #92DB55

split-complementary

#55D5DB #DB5592 #DB9E55

monochromatic

#209196 #2AC1C8 #55D5DB #88E1E6 #BAEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#55D5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5DB

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5DB	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.112 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e2e6',
    500: '#55d5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5db;
$custom-light: #93e2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.687,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80497,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5DB

secondary

#9A3E3A

accent

#4740E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5DB

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

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