#55D5DD#55D5DD

#55D5DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.112 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5DD
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -32.49, -14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 35.55, 203.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.1044 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.112 201)
XYZ	xyz(40.5861, 54.7359, 76.8187)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5DD #DD5D55

analogous

#55DDA1 #55D5DD #5591DD

triadic

#55D5DD #DD55D5 #D5DD55

tetradic

#55D5DD #A155DD #DD5D55 #91DD55

square

#55D5DD #A155DD #DD5D55 #91DD55

split-complementary

#55D5DD #DD5591 #DDA155

monochromatic

#1F9299 #29C2CC #55D5DD #88E2E7 #BBEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#55D5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5DD

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5DD	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.112 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2e7',
    500: '#55d5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5dd;
$custom-light: #94e2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80567,
    "c": 0.11177,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.5474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5DD

secondary

#9D3F39

accent

#483EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5DD

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

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