#55D5DC#55D5DC

#55D5DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.112 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5DC
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 220)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -32.77, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 35.62, 203.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.1048 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.112 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4533, 54.6828, 76.1192)
Luminance	0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5DC #DC5C55

analogous

#55DC9F #55D5DC #5592DC

triadic

#55D5DC #DC55D5 #D5DC55

tetradic

#55D5DC #9F55DC #DC5C55 #92DC55

square

#55D5DC #9F55DC #DC5C55 #92DC55

split-complementary

#55D5DC #DC5592 #DC9F55

monochromatic

#1F9197 #2AC2CA #55D5DC #88E2E6 #BBEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#55D5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5DC

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5DC	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.112 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2e6',
    500: '#55d5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5dc;
$custom-light: #94e2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.111,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80532,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5DC

secondary

#9C3F39

accent

#483FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5DC

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

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