#55DADC#55DADC

#55DADC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.115 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DADC
RGB	rgb(85, 218, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -35.12, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 37.04, 198.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.1099 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.115 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7303, 57.2369, 76.5449)
Luminance	0.5724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DADC #DC5755

analogous

#55DC9B #55DADC #5596DC

triadic

#55DADC #DC55DA #DADC55

tetradic

#55DADC #9B55DC #DC5755 #96DC55

square

#55DADC #9B55DC #DC5755 #96DC55

split-complementary

#55DADC #DC5596 #DC9B55

monochromatic

#1F9697 #2AC8CA #55DADC #88E5E6 #BBF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#55DADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#55DADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DADC

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DADC	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dadc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 218, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.115 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e6e6',
    500: '#55dadc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dadc;
$custom-light: #94e6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dadc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81707,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DADC

secondary

#9C3B39

accent

#423FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DADC

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

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