#55D8DD#55D8DD

#55D8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.113 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8DD
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -33.91, -13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 36.36, 201.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.1074 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.113 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3477, 56.2591, 77.0726)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8DD #DD5A55

analogous

#55DD9E #55D8DD #5594DD

triadic

#55D8DD #DD55D8 #D8DD55

tetradic

#55D8DD #9E55DD #DD5A55 #94DD55

square

#55D8DD #9E55DD #DD5A55 #94DD55

split-complementary

#55D8DD #DD5594 #DD9E55

monochromatic

#1F9599 #29C6CC #55D8DD #88E4E7 #BBEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#55D8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#55D8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8DD

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8DD	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.113 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e4e7',
    500: '#55d8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8dd;
$custom-light: #94e4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.206,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81271,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8DD

secondary

#9D3D39

accent

#453EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8DD

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

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