#55CBDD#55CBDD

#55CBDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.108 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBDD
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -27.66, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 33.46, 214.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0941 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.108 209)
XYZ	xyz(38.1480, 49.8596, 76.0060)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBDD #DD6755

analogous

#55DDAB #55CBDD #5587DD

triadic

#55CBDD #DD55CB #CBDD55

tetradic

#55CBDD #AB55DD #DD6755 #87DD55

square

#55CBDD #AB55DD #DD6755 #87DD55

split-complementary

#55CBDD #DD5587 #DDAB55

monochromatic

#1F8999 #29B6CC #55CBDD #88DBE7 #BBEAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#55CBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#55CBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBDD

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBDD	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.108 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbe7',
    500: '#55cbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbdd;
$custom-light: #93dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.941,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78224,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.49864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBDD

secondary

#E1B4AD

accent

#553EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBDD

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

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