#55D8D9#55D8D9

#55D8D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.113 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8D9
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 217)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -35.01, -11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 36.75, 197.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.1091 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.113 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8211, 56.0484, 74.2993)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8D9 #D95655

analogous

#55D998 #55D8D9 #5596D9

triadic

#55D8D9 #D955D8 #D8D955

tetradic

#55D8D9 #9855D9 #D95655 #96D955

square

#55D8D9 #9855D9 #D95655 #96D955

split-complementary

#55D8D9 #D95596 #D99855

monochromatic

#219293 #2CC4C5 #55D8D9 #87E3E4 #B9EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#55D8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8D9

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8D9	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.113 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e4e4',
    500: '#55d8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8d9;
$custom-light: #94e4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.455,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81135,
    "c": 0.11342,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8D9

secondary

#983B3A

accent

#4341E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8D9

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

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