#55D7DC#55D7DC

#55D7DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.113 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D7DC
RGB	rgb(85, 215, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -33.71, -13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 36.16, 201.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.1068 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.113 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9594, 55.6951, 76.2879)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D7DC #DC5A55

analogous

#55DC9D #55D7DC #5594DC

triadic

#55D7DC #DC55D7 #D7DC55

tetradic

#55D7DC #9D55DC #DC5A55 #94DC55

square

#55D7DC #9D55DC #DC5A55 #94DC55

split-complementary

#55D7DC #DC5594 #DC9D55

monochromatic

#1F9397 #2AC4CA #55D7DC #88E3E6 #BBEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#55D7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#55D7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D7DC

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D7DC	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 215, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.113 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3e6',
    500: '#55d7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d7dc;
$custom-light: #94e3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81002,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D7DC

secondary

#9C3D39

accent

#453FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D7DC

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

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