#55DCDC#55DCDC

#55DCDC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.116 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCDC
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 220)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -36.05, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 37.66, 196.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.1119 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.116 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2521, 58.2805, 76.7188)
Luminance	0.5828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCDC #DC5555

analogous

#55DC99 #55DCDC #5599DC

triadic

#55DCDC #DC55DC #DCDC55

tetradic

#55DCDC #9955DC #DC5555 #99DC55

square

#55DCDC #9955DC #DC5555 #99DC55

split-complementary

#55DCDC #DC5599 #DC9955

monochromatic

#1F9797 #2ACACA #55DCDC #88E6E6 #BBF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#55DCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#55DCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCDC

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCDC	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.116 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7e6',
    500: '#55dcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcdc;
$custom-light: #94e7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82178,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCDC

secondary

#9C3939

accent

#3F3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCDC

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

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