#55DCD2#55DCD2

#55DCD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.117 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCD2
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 210)
HSL	hsl(176, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 4.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -38.73, -6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 39.19, 188.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.1162 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.117 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9671, 57.7665, 69.9513)
Luminance	0.5777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCD2 #DC555F

analogous

#55DC8F #55DCD2 #55A2DC

triadic

#55DCD2 #D255DC #DCD255

tetradic

#55DCD2 #8F55DC #DC555F #A2DC55

square

#55DCD2 #8F55DC #DC555F #A2DC55

split-complementary

#55DCD2 #DC55A2 #DC8F55

monochromatic

#1F978F #2ACABE #55DCD2 #88E6DF #BBF1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#55DCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#55DCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCD2

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCD2	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D1D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.117 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7df',
    500: '#55dcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcd2;
$custom-light: #94e7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.556,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81852,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCD2

secondary

#9C3941

accent

#3F4CE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCD2

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

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