#55D9DD#55D9DD

#55D9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.114 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9DD
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -34.38, -12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 36.65, 200.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.1084 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.114 198)
XYZ	xyz(41.6046, 56.7730, 77.1583)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9DD #DD5955

analogous

#55DD9D #55D9DD #5595DD

triadic

#55D9DD #DD55D9 #D9DD55

tetradic

#55D9DD #9D55DD #DD5955 #95DD55

square

#55D9DD #9D55DD #DD5955 #95DD55

split-complementary

#55D9DD #DD5595 #DD9D55

monochromatic

#1F9599 #29C7CC #55D9DD #88E4E7 #BBF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#55D9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#55D9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9DD

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9DD	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.114 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e5e7',
    500: '#55d9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9dd;
$custom-light: #94e5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.765,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81506,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.56777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9DD

secondary

#9D3C39

accent

#433EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9DD

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

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