#55D6DB#55D6DB

#55D6DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.112 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D6DB
RGB	rgb(85, 214, 219)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 2.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -33.52, -13.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 35.96, 201.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.1062 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.112 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5735, 55.1346, 75.5079)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D6DB #DB5A55

analogous

#55DB9D #55D6DB #5593DB

triadic

#55D6DB #DB55D6 #D6DB55

tetradic

#55D6DB #9D55DB #DB5A55 #93DB55

square

#55D6DB #9D55DB #DB5A55 #93DB55

split-complementary

#55D6DB #DB5593 #DB9D55

monochromatic

#209196 #2AC2C8 #55D6DB #88E2E6 #BAEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#55D6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#55D6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D6DB

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D6DB	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 214, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.112 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3e6',
    500: '#55d6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d6db;
$custom-light: #94e3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.239,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80732,
    "c": 0.11219,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D6DB

secondary

#9A3D3A

accent

#4640E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D6DB

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

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