#55D7DE#55D7DE

#55D7DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.113 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D7DE
RGB	rgb(85, 215, 222)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 3.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -33.16, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 36.02, 202.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.106 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.113 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2259, 55.8017, 77.6912)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D7DE #DE5C55

analogous

#55DEA1 #55D7DE #5592DE

triadic

#55D7DE #DE55D7 #D7DE55

tetradic

#55D7DE #A155DE #DE5C55 #92DE55

square

#55D7DE #A155DE #DE5C55 #92DE55

split-complementary

#55D7DE #DE5592 #DEA155

monochromatic

#1E949B #28C5CE #55D7DE #88E3E8 #BCEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#55D7DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#55D7DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D7DE

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D7DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D7DE	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d7de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 215, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.113 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3e8',
    500: '#55d7de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d7de;
$custom-light: #94e3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d7de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.066,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81071,
    "c": 0.11292,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D7DE

secondary

#9E3E39

accent

#2016CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D7DE

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

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