#55DDDB#55DDDB

#55DDDB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.117 H 193.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DDDB
RGB	rgb(85, 221, 219)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 0%, 0.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -36.78, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 38.12, 195.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.1134 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.117 193.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3833, 58.7541, 76.1111)
Luminance	0.5876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DDDB #DD5557

analogous

#55DD97 #55DDDB #559BDD

triadic

#55DDDB #DB55DD #DDDB55

tetradic

#55DDDB #9755DD #DD5557 #9BDD55

square

#55DDDB #9755DD #DD5557 #9BDD55

split-complementary

#55DDDB #DD559B #DD9755

monochromatic

#1F9997 #29CCCA #55DDDB #88E7E6 #BBF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#55DDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#55DDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DDDB

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DDDB	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 221, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.117 193.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e8e6',
    500: '#55dddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dddb;
$custom-light: #94e8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.118,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8238,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DDDB

secondary

#9D393B

accent

#3E41EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DDDB

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

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