#55D9D0#55D9D0

#55D9D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.115 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9D0
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 208)
HSL	hsl(176, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 4.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -37.89, -6.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 38.41, 189.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.114 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.115 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9392, 56.1068, 68.3871)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9D0 #D9555E

analogous

#55D98E #55D9D0 #55A0D9

triadic

#55D9D0 #D055D9 #D9D055

tetradic

#55D9D0 #8E55D9 #D9555E #A0D955

square

#55D9D0 #8E55D9 #D9555E #A0D955

split-complementary

#55D9D0 #D955A0 #D98E55

monochromatic

#21938B #2CC5BA #55D9D0 #87E4DE #B9EFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D9D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#55D9D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9D0

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9D0	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BFD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.115 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5de',
    500: '#55d9d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9d0;
$custom-light: #93e5de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.909,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81076,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9D0

secondary

#983A41

accent

#414DE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9D0

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

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