#55D7DD#55D7DD

#55D7DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.113 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D7DD
RGB	rgb(85, 215, 221)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 2.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -33.44, -13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 36.09, 202.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.1064 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.113 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0923, 55.7482, 76.9875)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D7DD #DD5B55

analogous

#55DD9F #55D7DD #5593DD

triadic

#55D7DD #DD55D7 #D7DD55

tetradic

#55D7DD #9F55DD #DD5B55 #93DD55

square

#55D7DD #9F55DD #DD5B55 #93DD55

split-complementary

#55D7DD #DD5593 #DD9F55

monochromatic

#1F9499 #29C5CC #55D7DD #88E3E7 #BBEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#55D7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#55D7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D7DD

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D7DD	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 215, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.113 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3e7',
    500: '#55d7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d7dd;
$custom-light: #94e3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.647,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81036,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D7DD

secondary

#9D3E39

accent

#463EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D7DD

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

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