#55DCD4#55DCD4

#55DCD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.117 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCD4
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 212)
HSL	hsl(176, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 3.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -38.20, -6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 38.83, 190.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.1153 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.117 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2179, 57.8668, 71.2718)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCD4 #DC555D

analogous

#55DC90 #55DCD4 #55A1DC

triadic

#55DCD4 #D455DC #DCD455

tetradic

#55DCD4 #9055DC #DC555D #A1DC55

square

#55DCD4 #9055DC #DC555D #A1DC55

split-complementary

#55DCD4 #DC55A1 #DC9055

monochromatic

#1F9790 #2ACAC1 #55DCD4 #88E6E1 #BBF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#55DCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#55DCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCD4

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCD4	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.117 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7e1',
    500: '#55dcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcd4;
$custom-light: #94e7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.444,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81916,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCD4

secondary

#9C393F

accent

#3F49E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCD4

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

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