#55CBDE#55CBDE

#55CBDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.108 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBDE
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -27.37, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 33.50, 215.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0937 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.108 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2816, 49.9131, 76.7098)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBDE #DE6855

analogous

#55DEAC #55CBDE #5587DE

triadic

#55CBDE #DE55CB #CBDE55

tetradic

#55CBDE #AC55DE #DE6855 #87DE55

square

#55CBDE #AC55DE #DE6855 #87DE55

split-complementary

#55CBDE #DE5587 #DEAC55

monochromatic

#1E899B #28B7CE #55CBDE #88DBE8 #BCEAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#55CBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#55CBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBDE

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBDE	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.108 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbe8',
    500: '#55cbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbde;
$custom-light: #93dbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.321,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78261,
    "c": 0.10791,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBDE

secondary

#E2B4AD

accent

#3016CF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBDE

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

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