#55CDE1#55CDE1

#55CDE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.109 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDE1
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 225)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 8.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -27.49, -19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 33.93, 215.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0945 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.109 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1626, 51.0260, 79.0047)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDE1 #E16955

analogous

#55E1AF #55CDE1 #5587E1

triadic

#55CDE1 #E155CD #CDE155

tetradic

#55CDE1 #AF55E1 #E16955 #87E155

square

#55CDE1 #AF55E1 #E16955 #87E155

split-complementary

#55CDE1 #E15587 #E1AF55

monochromatic

#1C8D9F #25BBD3 #55CDE1 #89DCEA #BDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#55CDE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#55CDE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDE1

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDE1	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cde1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.109 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dcea',
    500: '#55cde1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cde1;
$custom-light: #93dcea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cde1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7884,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDE1

secondary

#A34738

accent

#2F14D2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDE1

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

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