#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
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -34.46, -12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 36.54, 199.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.1083 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.113 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0828, 56.1531, 75.6776)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##55D8DB	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #55D8DB

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

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