#55CEDD#55CEDD

#55CEDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.109 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEDD
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 221)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -29.12, -17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 33.98, 211.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0972 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.109 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8633, 51.2903, 76.2445)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEDD #DD6455

analogous

#55DDA8 #55CEDD #558ADD

triadic

#55CEDD #DD55CE #CEDD55

tetradic

#55CEDD #A855DD #DD6455 #8ADD55

square

#55CEDD #A855DD #DD6455 #8ADD55

split-complementary

#55CEDD #DD558A #DDA855

monochromatic

#1F8B99 #29BACC #55CEDD #88DDE7 #BBEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#55CEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#55CEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEDD

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEDD	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.109 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dde7',
    500: '#55cedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cedd;
$custom-light: #93dde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.618,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78926,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEDD

secondary

#9D4439

accent

#513EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEDD

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

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