#55DCDD#55DCDD

#55DCDD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.116 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCDD
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 221)
HSL	hsl(180, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -35.78, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 37.55, 197.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.1115 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.116 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3849, 58.3336, 77.4184)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCDD #DD5655

analogous

#55DD9A #55DCDD #5598DD

triadic

#55DCDD #DD55DC #DCDD55

tetradic

#55DCDD #9A55DD #DD5655 #98DD55

square

#55DCDD #9A55DD #DD5655 #98DD55

split-complementary

#55DCDD #DD5598 #DD9A55

monochromatic

#1F9899 #29CBCC #55DCDD #88E7E7 #BBF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#55DCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#55DCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCDD

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCDD	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.116 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7e7',
    500: '#55dcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcdd;
$custom-light: #94e7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.441,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82212,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCDD

secondary

#9D3A39

accent

#3F3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCDD

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

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