#55CEDA#55CEDA

#55CEDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.108 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEDA
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 218)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -29.98, -16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 34.00, 208.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0984 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.108 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4672, 51.1318, 74.1582)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEDA #DA6155

analogous

#55DAA4 #55CEDA #558BDA

triadic

#55CEDA #DA55CE #CEDA55

tetradic

#55CEDA #A455DA #DA6155 #8BDA55

square

#55CEDA #A455DA #DA6155 #8BDA55

split-complementary

#55CEDA #DA558B #DAA455

monochromatic

#208A94 #2BB9C7 #55CEDA #87DCE5 #BAEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#55CEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#55CEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEDA

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEDA	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ceda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.108 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dde5',
    500: '#55ceda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ceda;
$custom-light: #93dde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ceda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.414,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78817,
    "c": 0.10796,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEDA

secondary

#99433A

accent

#5041E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEDA

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

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