#55CCDE#55CCDE

#55CCDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.108 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CCDE
RGB	rgb(85, 204, 222)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -27.86, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 33.65, 214.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0947 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.108 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5185, 50.3869, 76.7888)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CCDE #DE6755

analogous

#55DEAB #55CCDE #5588DE

triadic

#55CCDE #DE55CC #CCDE55

tetradic

#55CCDE #AB55DE #DE6755 #88DE55

square

#55CCDE #AB55DE #DE6755 #88DE55

split-complementary

#55CCDE #DE5588 #DEAB55

monochromatic

#1E8A9B #28B8CE #55CCDE #88DBE8 #BCEBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#55CCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#55CCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CCDE

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CCDE	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ccde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 204, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.108 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dce8',
    500: '#55ccde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ccde;
$custom-light: #93dce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ccde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.883,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78495,
    "c": 0.10821,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CCDE

secondary

#9E4639

accent

#2E16CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CCDE

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

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