#55DADD#55DADD

#55DADD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.115 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DADD
RGB	rgb(85, 218, 221)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, -34.85, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 36.94, 199.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.1095 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.115 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8632, 57.2901, 77.2444)
Luminance	0.5729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DADD #DD5855

analogous

#55DD9C #55DADD #5596DD

triadic

#55DADD #DD55DA #DADD55

tetradic

#55DADD #9C55DD #DD5855 #96DD55

square

#55DADD #9C55DD #DD5855 #96DD55

split-complementary

#55DADD #DD5596 #DD9C55

monochromatic

#1F9699 #29C8CC #55DADD #88E5E7 #BBF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#55DADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#55DADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DADD

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DADD	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 218, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.115 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e6e7',
    500: '#55dadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dadd;
$custom-light: #94e6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.324,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81741,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DADD

secondary

#9D3B39

accent

#423EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DADD

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

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