#55DCD6#55DCD6

#55DCD6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.117 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCD6
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 214)
HSL	hsl(177, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 2.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -37.67, -7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 38.50, 191.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.1145 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.117 191)
XYZ	xyz(41.4717, 57.9683, 72.6087)
Luminance	0.5797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCD6 #DC555B

analogous

#55DC92 #55DCD6 #559FDC

triadic

#55DCD6 #D655DC #DCD655

tetradic

#55DCD6 #9255DC #DC555B #9FDC55

square

#55DCD6 #9255DC #DC555B #9FDC55

split-complementary

#55DCD6 #DC559F #DC9255

monochromatic

#1F9792 #2ACAC3 #55DCD6 #88E6E2 #BBF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#55DCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#55DCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCD6

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCD6	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.117 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7e2',
    500: '#55dcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcd6;
$custom-light: #94e7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8198,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.57973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCD6

secondary

#9C393E

accent

#3F47E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCD6

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

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