#55C8DE#55C8DE

#55C8DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.107 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8DE
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 222)
HSL	hsl(190, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -25.89, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 33.10, 218.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0906 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.107 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5800, 48.5098, 76.4759)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8DE #DE6B55

analogous

#55DEAF #55C8DE #5583DE

triadic

#55C8DE #DE55C8 #C8DE55

tetradic

#55C8DE #AF55DE #DE6B55 #83DE55

square

#55C8DE #AF55DE #DE6B55 #83DE55

split-complementary

#55C8DE #DE5583 #DEAF55

monochromatic

#1E879B #28B3CE #55C8DE #88D9E8 #BCE9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#55C8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#55C8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8DE

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8DE	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.107 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9e8',
    500: '#55c8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8de;
$custom-light: #93d9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.635,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77561,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8DE

secondary

#E2B6AD

accent

#3416CF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8DE

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

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