#55D8DC#55D8DC

#55D8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.113 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8DC
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -34.18, -12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 36.45, 200.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.1078 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.113 198)
XYZ	xyz(41.2148, 56.2059, 76.3730)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8DC #DC5955

analogous

#55DC9D #55D8DC #5594DC

triadic

#55D8DC #DC55D8 #D8DC55

tetradic

#55D8DC #9D55DC #DC5955 #94DC55

square

#55D8DC #9D55DC #DC5955 #94DC55

split-complementary

#55D8DC #DC5594 #DC9D55

monochromatic

#1F9497 #2AC5CA #55D8DC #88E4E6 #BBEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#55D8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8DC

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8DC	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.113 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e4e6',
    500: '#55d8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8dc;
$custom-light: #94e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.778,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81237,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.5621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8DC

secondary

#9C3C39

accent

#443FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8DC

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

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