#55CAE0#55CAE0

#55CAE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.108 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CAE0
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 224)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 9.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -26.30, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 33.49, 218.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0919 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.108 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3158, 49.5501, 78.0514)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CAE0 #E06B55

analogous

#55E0B0 #55CAE0 #5585E0

triadic

#55CAE0 #E055CA #CAE055

tetradic

#55CAE0 #B055E0 #E06B55 #85E055

square

#55CAE0 #B055E0 #E06B55 #85E055

split-complementary

#55CAE0 #E05585 #E0B055

monochromatic

#1D899E #26B6D2 #55CAE0 #89DAE9 #BDEAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#55CAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#55CAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAE0

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CAE0	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.108 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dae9',
    500: '#55cae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cae0;
$custom-light: #93dae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.496,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78104,
    "c": 0.10839,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CAE0

secondary

#E3B6AE

accent

#3214D1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CAE0

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

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