#55DAD4#55DAD4

#55DAD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.115 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DAD4
RGB	rgb(85, 218, 212)
HSL	hsl(177, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 2.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -37.28, -7.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 38.10, 191.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.1133 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.115 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6961, 56.8232, 71.0978)
Luminance	0.5683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DAD4 #DA555B

analogous

#55DA92 #55DAD4 #559EDA

triadic

#55DAD4 #D455DA #DAD455

tetradic

#55DAD4 #9255DA #DA555B #9EDA55

square

#55DAD4 #9255DA #DA555B #9EDA55

split-complementary

#55DAD4 #DA559E #DA9255

monochromatic

#20948F #2BC7C0 #55DAD4 #87E5E1 #BAF0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#55DAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#55DAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DAD4

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DAD4	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 218, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.115 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6e1',
    500: '#55dad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dad4;
$custom-light: #93e6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.293,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81442,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DAD4

secondary

#993A3E

accent

#4148E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DAD4

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

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