#55CEDB#55CEDB

#55CEDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.108 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEDB
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 219)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 5.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -29.69, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 33.98, 209.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.098 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.108 205)
XYZ	xyz(38.5984, 51.1843, 74.8495)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEDB #DB6255

analogous

#55DBA5 #55CEDB #558BDB

triadic

#55CEDB #DB55CE #CEDB55

tetradic

#55CEDB #A555DB #DB6255 #8BDB55

square

#55CEDB #A555DB #DB6255 #8BDB55

split-complementary

#55CEDB #DB558B #DBA555

monochromatic

#208A96 #2AB9C8 #55CEDB #88DDE6 #BAEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#55CEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#55CEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEDB

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEDB	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.108 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dde6',
    500: '#55cedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cedb;
$custom-light: #93dde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.821,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78853,
    "c": 0.10816,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.51188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEDB

secondary

#9A433A

accent

#5040E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEDB

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

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