#55D6DD#55D6DD

#55D6DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.112 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D6DD
RGB	rgb(85, 214, 221)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -32.96, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 35.82, 203.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.1054 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.112 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8384, 55.2405, 76.9028)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D6DD #DD5C55

analogous

#55DDA0 #55D6DD #5592DD

triadic

#55D6DD #DD55D6 #D6DD55

tetradic

#55D6DD #A055DD #DD5C55 #92DD55

square

#55D6DD #A055DD #DD5C55 #92DD55

split-complementary

#55D6DD #DD5592 #DDA055

monochromatic

#1F9399 #29C4CC #55D6DD #88E2E7 #BBEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#55D6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#55D6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D6DD

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D6DD	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CDDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 214, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.112 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3e7',
    500: '#55d6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d6dd;
$custom-light: #94e3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.088,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80801,
    "c": 0.11231,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D6DD

secondary

#9D3E39

accent

#473EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D6DD

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

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