#55D6DE#55D6DE

#55D6DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.112 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55D6DE
RGBrgb(85, 214, 222)
HSLhsl(184, 67%, 60%)
HSVhsv(184, 62%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(61.7%, 3.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.21, -32.68, -14.50)
CIE-LCHlch(79.21, 35.75, 203.92°)
OKLaboklab(80.84% -0.105 -0.0402)
OKLCHoklch(80.84% 0.112 200.9)
XYZxyz(40.9720, 55.2940, 77.6066)
Luminance0.5530 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55D6DE #DE5D55
analogous
#55DEA2 #55D6DE #5591DE
triadic
#55D6DE #DE55D6 #D6DE55
tetradic
#55D6DE #A255DE #DE5D55 #91DE55
square
#55D6DE #A255DE #DE5D55 #91DE55
split-complementary
#55D6DE #DE5591 #DEA255
monochromatic
#1E939B #28C4CE #55D6DE #88E2E8 #BCEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74
#55D6DE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06
#55D6DE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D6DE
12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55D6DE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55D6DE1.001.7412.0612.06
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0621.001.001.00
##00000012.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7CDDF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2BEDF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DDD8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55d6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 214, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.112 200.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3e8',
    500: '#55d6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55d6de;
$custom-light: #94e3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55d6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.504,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80836,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55D6DE
secondary
#9E3F39
accent
#2116CF
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D6DE

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#55D6DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva