#55CADE#55CADE

#55CADE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.108 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CADE
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 222)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -26.88, -19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 33.36, 216.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0926 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.108 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0462, 49.4423, 76.6313)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CADE #DE6955

analogous

#55DEAD #55CADE #5585DE

triadic

#55CADE #DE55CA #CADE55

tetradic

#55CADE #AD55DE #DE6955 #85DE55

square

#55CADE #AD55DE #DE6955 #85DE55

split-complementary

#55CADE #DE5585 #DEAD55

monochromatic

#1E889B #28B6CE #55CADE #88DAE8 #BCEAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#55CADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#55CADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CADE

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CADE	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.108 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dae8',
    500: '#55cade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cade;
$custom-light: #93dae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.759,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78028,
    "c": 0.10764,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CADE

secondary

#E2B5AD

accent

#3116CF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CADE

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

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