#55DCD8#55DCD8

#55DCD8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.116 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCD8
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 216)
HSL	hsl(178, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 1.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, -37.13, -8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 38.20, 193.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.1136 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.116 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7287, 58.0711, 73.9621)
Luminance	0.5808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCD8 #DC5559

analogous

#55DC94 #55DCD8 #559DDC

triadic

#55DCD8 #D855DC #DCD855

tetradic

#55DCD8 #9455DC #DC5559 #9DDC55

square

#55DCD8 #9455DC #DC5559 #9DDC55

split-complementary

#55DCD8 #DC559D #DC9455

monochromatic

#1F9794 #2ACAC5 #55DCD8 #88E6E4 #BBF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#55DCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#55DCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCD8

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCD8	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD2D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.116 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7e4',
    500: '#55dcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcd8;
$custom-light: #94e7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82045,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCD8

secondary

#9C393C

accent

#3F44E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCD8

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

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