#55CDE2#55CDE2

#55CDE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.110 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDE2
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 226)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 9.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -27.20, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 33.99, 216.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0941 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.11 211)
XYZ	xyz(39.2994, 51.0808, 79.7252)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDE2 #E26A55

analogous

#55E2B0 #55CDE2 #5586E2

triadic

#55CDE2 #E255CD #CDE255

tetradic

#55CDE2 #B055E2 #E26A55 #86E255

square

#55CDE2 #B055E2 #E26A55 #86E255

split-complementary

#55CDE2 #E25586 #E2B055

monochromatic

#1B8DA1 #24BBD5 #55CDE2 #89DCEB #BEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#55CDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#55CDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDE2

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDE2	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.110 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dceb',
    500: '#55cde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cde2;
$custom-light: #93dceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.936,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78878,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.51085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDE2

secondary

#A44737

accent

#2F13D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDE2

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

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