#55DBD8#55DBD8

#55DBD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.116 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DBD8
RGB	rgb(85, 219, 216)
HSL	hsl(179, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 1.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -36.67, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 37.85, 194.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.1126 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.116 193)
XYZ	xyz(41.4670, 57.5478, 73.8749)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DBD8 #DB5558

analogous

#55DB95 #55DBD8 #559BDB

triadic

#55DBD8 #D855DB #DBD855

tetradic

#55DBD8 #9555DB #DB5558 #9BDB55

square

#55DBD8 #9555DB #DB5558 #9BDB55

split-complementary

#55DBD8 #DB559B #DB9555

monochromatic

#209693 #2AC8C5 #55DBD8 #88E6E4 #BAF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#55DBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#55DBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DBD8

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DBD8	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 219, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.116 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e6e4',
    500: '#55dbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dbd8;
$custom-light: #94e6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.657,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81809,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.57552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DBD8

secondary

#9A3A3C

accent

#4044E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DBD8

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

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