#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
RGB	rgb(85, 214, 222)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 3.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -32.68, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 35.75, 203.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.105 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.112 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9720, 55.2940, 77.6066)
Luminance	0.5530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##55D6DE	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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