#55DACC#55DACC

#55DACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.117 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DACC
RGB	rgb(85, 218, 204)
HSL	hsl(174, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 6.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -39.39, -3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 39.58, 185.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.1167 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.117 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7119, 56.4295, 65.9142)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DACC #DA5563

analogous

#55DA8A #55DACC #55A6DA

triadic

#55DACC #CC55DA #DACC55

tetradic

#55DACC #8A55DA #DA5563 #A6DA55

square

#55DACC #8A55DA #DA5563 #A6DA55

split-complementary

#55DACC #DA55A6 #DA8A55

monochromatic

#209488 #2BC7B6 #55DACC #87E5DB #BAF0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#55DACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#55DACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DACC

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DACC	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 218, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.117 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6db',
    500: '#55dacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dacc;
$custom-light: #93e6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81188,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DACC

secondary

#993A44

accent

#4152E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DACC

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

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