#55CEDC#55CEDC

#55CEDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.108 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEDC
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 220)
HSL	hsl(186, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -29.41, -17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 33.98, 210.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0976 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.108 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7305, 51.2371, 75.5449)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEDC #DC6355

analogous

#55DCA6 #55CEDC #558BDC

triadic

#55CEDC #DC55CE #CEDC55

tetradic

#55CEDC #A655DC #DC6355 #8BDC55

square

#55CEDC #A655DC #DC6355 #8BDC55

split-complementary

#55CEDC #DC558B #DCA655

monochromatic

#1F8B97 #2ABACA #55CEDC #88DDE6 #BBEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#55CEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#55CEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEDC

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEDC	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.108 205.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78889,
    "c": 0.10837,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEDC

secondary

#9C4439

accent

#513FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEDC

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

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