#55DAD5#55DAD5

#55DAD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.115 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DAD5
RGB	rgb(85, 218, 213)
HSL	hsl(178, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 2.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -37.02, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 37.95, 192.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.1128 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.115 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8226, 56.8738, 71.7642)
Luminance	0.5688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DAD5 #DA555A

analogous

#55DA92 #55DAD5 #559DDA

triadic

#55DAD5 #D555DA #DAD555

tetradic

#55DAD5 #9255DA #DA555A #9DDA55

square

#55DAD5 #9255DA #DA555A #9DDA55

split-complementary

#55DAD5 #DA559D #DA9255

monochromatic

#209490 #2BC7C1 #55DAD5 #87E5E1 #BAF0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#55DAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#55DAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DAD5

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DAD5	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 218, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.115 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6e1',
    500: '#55dad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dad5;
$custom-light: #93e6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.744,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81474,
    "c": 0.11521,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DAD5

secondary

#993A3E

accent

#4147E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DAD5

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

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