#55D9DC#55D9DC

#55D9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.114 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9DC
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, -34.65, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 36.74, 199.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.1089 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.114 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4718, 56.7199, 76.4587)
Luminance	0.5672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9DC #DC5855

analogous

#55DC9B #55D9DC #5596DC

triadic

#55D9DC #DC55D9 #D9DC55

tetradic

#55D9DC #9B55DC #DC5855 #96DC55

square

#55D9DC #9B55DC #DC5855 #96DC55

split-complementary

#55D9DC #DC5596 #DC9B55

monochromatic

#1F9597 #2AC7CA #55D9DC #88E4E6 #BBF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#55D9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#55D9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9DC

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9DC	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.114 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e5e6',
    500: '#55d9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9dc;
$custom-light: #94e5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81472,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9DC

secondary

#9C3C39

accent

#433FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9DC

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

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