#55D5DF#55D5DF

#55D5DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.112 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5DF
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 223)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 4.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -31.93, -15.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 35.46, 205.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.1035 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.112 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8542, 54.8431, 78.2304)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5DF #DF5F55

analogous

#55DFA4 #55D5DF #5590DF

triadic

#55D5DF #DF55D5 #D5DF55

tetradic

#55D5DF #A455DF #DF5F55 #90DF55

square

#55D5DF #A455DF #DF5F55 #90DF55

split-complementary

#55D5DF #DF5590 #DFA455

monochromatic

#1D939C #27C3D0 #55D5DF #89E2E9 #BCEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#55D5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#55D5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5DF

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5DF	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.112 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2e9',
    500: '#55d5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5df;
$custom-light: #94e2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.348,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80637,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5DF

secondary

#A04038

accent

#2315D0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5DF

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

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