#55D9D1#55D9D1

#55D9D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.115 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9D1
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 209)
HSL	hsl(176, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 3.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -37.62, -6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 38.23, 190.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.1135 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.115 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0627, 56.1562, 69.0371)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9D1 #D9555D

analogous

#55D98F #55D9D1 #559FD9

triadic

#55D9D1 #D155D9 #D9D155

tetradic

#55D9D1 #8F55D9 #D9555D #9FD955

square

#55D9D1 #8F55D9 #D9555D #9FD955

split-complementary

#55D9D1 #D9559F #D98F55

monochromatic

#21938C #2CC5BC #55D9D1 #87E4DF #B9EFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D9D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#55D9D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9D1

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9D1	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)

#CDCED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BFD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.115 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e5df',
    500: '#55d9d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9d1;
$custom-light: #93e5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.364,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81108,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9D1

secondary

#983A40

accent

#414BE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9D1

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

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