#55CED5#55CED5

#55CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.107 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CED5
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(183, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -31.38, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 34.19, 203.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.1004 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.107 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8227, 50.8741, 70.7643)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CED5 #D55C55

analogous

#55D59C #55CED5 #558ED5

triadic

#55CED5 #D555CE #CED555

tetradic

#55CED5 #9C55D5 #D55C55 #8ED555

square

#55CED5 #9C55D5 #D55C55 #8ED555

split-complementary

#55CED5 #D5558E #D59C55

monochromatic

#23878D #2FB6BE #55CED5 #86DCE1 #B7EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#55CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#55CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CED5

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CED5	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.107 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dde1',
    500: '#55ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ced5;
$custom-light: #92dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.281,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78639,
    "c": 0.10726,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CED5

secondary

#93403C

accent

#4D44E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CED5

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

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