#55D7DB#55D7DB

#55D7DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.113 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D7DB
RGB	rgb(85, 215, 219)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 1.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -33.99, -12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 36.25, 200.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.1072 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.113 198)
XYZ	xyz(40.8274, 55.6423, 75.5925)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D7DB #DB5955

analogous

#55DB9C #55D7DB #5594DB

triadic

#55D7DB #DB55D7 #D7DB55

tetradic

#55D7DB #9C55DB #DB5955 #94DB55

square

#55D7DB #9C55DB #DB5955 #94DB55

split-complementary

#55D7DB #DB5594 #DB9C55

monochromatic

#209296 #2AC4C8 #55D7DB #88E3E6 #BAEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#55D7DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#55D7DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D7DB

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D7DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D7DB	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 215, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.113 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3e6',
    500: '#55d7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d7db;
$custom-light: #94e3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.791,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80967,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.55647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D7DB

secondary

#9A3D3A

accent

#4540E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D7DB

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

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