#55DBD9#55DBD9

#55DBD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.115 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DBD9
RGB	rgb(85, 219, 217)
HSL	hsl(179, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -36.40, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 37.72, 195.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.1122 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.115 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5967, 57.5996, 74.5578)
Luminance	0.5760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DBD9 #DB5557

analogous

#55DB96 #55DBD9 #559ADB

triadic

#55DBD9 #D955DB #DBD955

tetradic

#55DBD9 #9655DB #DB5557 #9ADB55

square

#55DBD9 #9655DB #DB5557 #9ADB55

split-complementary

#55DBD9 #DB559A #DB9655

monochromatic

#209694 #2AC8C6 #55DBD9 #88E6E4 #BAF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#55DBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#55DBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DBD9

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DBD9	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 219, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.115 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e6e4',
    500: '#55dbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dbd9;
$custom-light: #94e6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.104,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81842,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DBD9

secondary

#9A3A3B

accent

#4042E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DBD9

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

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