#55D8DB#55D8DB

#55D8DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.113 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55D8DB
RGBrgb(85, 216, 219)
HSLhsl(181, 65%, 60%)
HSVhsv(181, 61%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(61.2%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(79.70, -34.46, -12.16)
CIE-LCHlch(79.70, 36.54, 199.44°)
OKLaboklab(81.2% -0.1083 -0.0337)
OKLCHoklch(81.2% 0.113 197.3)
XYZxyz(41.0828, 56.1531, 75.6776)
Luminance0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55D8DB #DB5855
analogous
#55DB9B #55D8DB #5595DB
triadic
#55D8DB #DB55D8 #D8DB55
tetradic
#55D8DB #9B55DB #DB5855 #95DB55
square
#55D8DB #9B55DB #DB5855 #95DB55
split-complementary
#55D8DB #DB5595 #DB9B55
monochromatic
#209396 #2AC5C8 #55D8DB #88E4E6 #BAEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72
#55D8DB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23
#55D8DB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8DB
12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55D8DB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55D8DB1.001.7212.2312.23
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2321.001.001.00
##00000012.2321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CACFDB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5BFDC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DFD9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55d8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.113 197.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e4e6',
    500: '#55d8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55d8db;
$custom-light: #94e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55d8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.343,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81203,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55D8DB
secondary
#9A3C3A
accent
#4440E8
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#55D8DB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva