#55C8DD#55C8DD

#55C8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.107 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8DD
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -26.18, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 33.03, 217.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.091 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.107 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4463, 48.4564, 75.7722)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8DD #DD6A55

analogous

#55DDAE #55C8DD #5584DD

triadic

#55C8DD #DD55C8 #C8DD55

tetradic

#55C8DD #AE55DD #DD6A55 #84DD55

square

#55C8DD #AE55DD #DD6A55 #84DD55

split-complementary

#55C8DD #DD5584 #DDAE55

monochromatic

#1F8699 #29B3CC #55C8DD #88D8E7 #BBE9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#55C8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#55C8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8DD

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8DD	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.107 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e7',
    500: '#55c8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8dd;
$custom-light: #92d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.265,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77523,
    "c": 0.10678,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8DD

secondary

#E1B5AD

accent

#593EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8DD

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

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