#55CDDE#55CDDE

#55CDDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.109 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDDE
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 222)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -28.35, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 33.82, 213.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.0957 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.109 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7569, 50.8638, 76.8682)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDDE #DE6655

analogous

#55DEAA #55CDDE #5589DE

triadic

#55CDDE #DE55CD #CDDE55

tetradic

#55CDDE #AA55DE #DE6655 #89DE55

square

#55CDDE #AA55DE #DE6655 #89DE55

split-complementary

#55CDDE #DE5589 #DEAA55

monochromatic

#1E8B9B #28B9CE #55CDDE #88DCE8 #BCEBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#55CDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#55CDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDDE

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDDE	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.109 208.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.445,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78729,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDDE

secondary

#9E4539

accent

#2D16CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDDE

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

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