#55DCD5#55DCD5

#55DCD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.117 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCD5
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 213)
HSL	hsl(177, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -37.93, -7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 38.66, 191.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.1149 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.117 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3444, 57.9174, 71.9382)
Luminance	0.5792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCD5 #DC555C

analogous

#55DC92 #55DCD5 #559FDC

triadic

#55DCD5 #D555DC #DCD555

tetradic

#55DCD5 #9255DC #DC555C #9FDC55

square

#55DCD5 #9255DC #DC555C #9FDC55

split-complementary

#55DCD5 #DC559F #DC9255

monochromatic

#1F9791 #2ACAC2 #55DCD5 #88E6E2 #BBF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#55DCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#55DCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCD5

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCD5	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.117 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7e1',
    500: '#55dcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcd5;
$custom-light: #94e7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81948,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCD5

secondary

#9C393F

accent

#3F48E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCD5

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

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