#55CADD#55CADD

#55CADD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.107 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CADD
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -27.17, -19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 33.30, 215.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.093 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.107 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9126, 49.3888, 75.9276)
Luminance	0.4939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CADD #DD6855

analogous

#55DDAC #55CADD #5586DD

triadic

#55CADD #DD55CA #CADD55

tetradic

#55CADD #AC55DD #DD6855 #86DD55

square

#55CADD #AC55DD #DD6855 #86DD55

split-complementary

#55CADD #DD5586 #DDAC55

monochromatic

#1F8899 #29B5CC #55CADD #88DAE7 #BBEAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#55CADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#55CADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CADD

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CADD	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.107 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dae7',
    500: '#55cadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cadd;
$custom-light: #93dae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.382,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7799,
    "c": 0.10729,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CADD

secondary

#E1B4AD

accent

#563EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CADD

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

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