#55D8DE#55D8DE

#55D8DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.113 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8DE
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 222)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -33.63, -13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 36.29, 202.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.107 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.113 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4813, 56.3125, 77.7764)
Luminance	0.5632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8DE #DE5B55

analogous

#55DEA0 #55D8DE #5593DE

triadic

#55D8DE #DE55D8 #D8DE55

tetradic

#55D8DE #A055DE #DE5B55 #93DE55

square

#55D8DE #A055DE #DE5B55 #93DE55

split-complementary

#55D8DE #DE5593 #DEA055

monochromatic

#1E959B #28C7CE #55D8DE #88E4E8 #BCF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#55D8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#55D8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8DE

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8DE	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.113 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e4e8',
    500: '#55d8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8de;
$custom-light: #94e4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.628,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81306,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8DE

secondary

#9E3D39

accent

#1E16CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8DE

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

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