#55CED8#55CED8

#55CED8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.108 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CED8
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -30.54, -15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 34.05, 206.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0992 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.108 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2070, 51.0278, 72.7882)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CED8 #D85F55

analogous

#55D8A1 #55CED8 #558DD8

triadic

#55CED8 #D855CE #CED855

tetradic

#55CED8 #A155D8 #D85F55 #8DD855

square

#55CED8 #A155D8 #D85F55 #8DD855

split-complementary

#55CED8 #D8558D #D8A155

monochromatic

#218991 #2DB8C3 #55CED8 #87DCE3 #B9EBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#55CED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#55CED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CED8

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CED8	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)

#BFC6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.108 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dde4',
    500: '#55ced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ced8;
$custom-light: #93dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.58,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78745,
    "c": 0.10761,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CED8

secondary

#96423B

accent

#4F42E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CED8

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

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