#55DDDE#55DDDE

#55DDDE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.117 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DDDE
RGB	rgb(85, 221, 222)
HSL	hsl(180, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -35.97, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 37.75, 197.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.1121 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.117 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7818, 58.9135, 78.2099)
Luminance	0.5892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DDDE #DE5655

analogous

#55DE9A #55DDDE #5598DE

triadic

#55DDDE #DE55DD #DDDE55

tetradic

#55DDDE #9A55DE #DE5655 #98DE55

square

#55DDDE #9A55DE #DE5655 #98DE55

split-complementary

#55DDDE #DE5598 #DE9A55

monochromatic

#1E9A9B #28CDCE #55DDDE #88E7E8 #BCF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#55DDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#55DDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DDDE

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DDDE	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ddde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 221, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.117 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e8e8',
    500: '#55ddde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ddde;
$custom-light: #94e8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ddde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.438,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8248,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DDDE

secondary

#9E3A39

accent

#1716CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DDDE

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

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