#55DCDF#55DCDF

#55DCDF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.116 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCDF
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 223)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 1.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -35.23, -12.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 37.34, 199.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.1107 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.116 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6530, 58.4408, 78.8301)
Luminance	0.5845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCDF #DF5855

analogous

#55DF9D #55DCDF #5597DF

triadic

#55DCDF #DF55DC #DCDF55

tetradic

#55DCDF #9D55DF #DF5855 #97DF55

square

#55DCDF #9D55DF #DF5855 #97DF55

split-complementary

#55DCDF #DF5597 #DF9D55

monochromatic

#1D999C #27CCD0 #55DCDF #89E7E9 #BCF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#55DCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#55DCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCDF

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCDF	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.116 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7e9',
    500: '#55dcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcdf;
$custom-light: #94e7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.304,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82279,
    "c": 0.11585,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCDF

secondary

#A03B38

accent

#1915D0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCDF

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

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