#55D9DB#55D9DB

#55D9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.114 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9DB
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -34.93, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 36.84, 198.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.1093 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.114 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3398, 56.6671, 75.7633)
Luminance	0.5667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9DB #DB5755

analogous

#55DB9A #55D9DB #5596DB

triadic

#55D9DB #DB55D9 #D9DB55

tetradic

#55D9DB #9A55DB #DB5755 #96DB55

square

#55D9DB #9A55DB #DB5755 #96DB55

split-complementary

#55D9DB #DB5596 #DB9A55

monochromatic

#209496 #2AC6C8 #55D9DB #88E4E6 #BAF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#55D9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#55D9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9DB

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9DB	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.114 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e5e6',
    500: '#55d9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9db;
$custom-light: #94e5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.896,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81438,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9DB

secondary

#9A3B3A

accent

#4240E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9DB

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

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