#55DCD9#55DCD9

#55DCD9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.116 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCD9
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 217)
HSL	hsl(179, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, -36.86, -9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 38.05, 194.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.1132 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.116 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8584, 58.1230, 74.6450)
Luminance	0.5813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCD9 #DC5558

analogous

#55DC96 #55DCD9 #559BDC

triadic

#55DCD9 #D955DC #DCD955

tetradic

#55DCD9 #9655DC #DC5558 #9BDC55

square

#55DCD9 #9655DC #DC5558 #9BDC55

split-complementary

#55DCD9 #DC559B #DC9655

monochromatic

#1F9795 #2ACAC7 #55DCD9 #88E6E4 #BBF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#55DCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#55DCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCD9

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCD9	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD2D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.116 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7e4',
    500: '#55dcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcd9;
$custom-light: #94e7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82078,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCD9

secondary

#9C393C

accent

#3F43E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCD9

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

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