#55D8DA#55D8DA

#55D8DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.113 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8DA
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 218)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -34.73, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 36.64, 198.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.1087 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.113 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9516, 56.1006, 74.9864)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8DA #DA5755

analogous

#55DA9A #55D8DA #5596DA

triadic

#55D8DA #DA55D8 #D8DA55

tetradic

#55D8DA #9A55DA #DA5755 #96DA55

square

#55D8DA #9A55DA #DA5755 #96DA55

split-complementary

#55D8DA #DA5596 #DA9A55

monochromatic

#209394 #2BC4C7 #55D8DA #87E4E5 #BAEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#55D8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8DA

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8DA	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.113 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e4e5',
    500: '#55d8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8da;
$custom-light: #94e4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.902,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81169,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8DA

secondary

#993C3A

accent

#4341E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8DA

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

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