#55CEDE#55CEDE

#55CEDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.109 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEDE
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -28.84, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 33.99, 211.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0968 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.109 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9969, 51.3437, 76.9482)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEDE #DE6555

analogous

#55DEA9 #55CEDE #558ADE

triadic

#55CEDE #DE55CE #CEDE55

tetradic

#55CEDE #A955DE #DE6555 #8ADE55

square

#55CEDE #A955DE #DE6555 #8ADE55

split-complementary

#55CEDE #DE558A #DEA955

monochromatic

#1E8C9B #28BACE #55CEDE #88DDE8 #BCECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#55CEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#55CEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEDE

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEDE	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.109 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dde8',
    500: '#55cede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cede;
$custom-light: #93dde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.007,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78962,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEDE

secondary

#9E4539

accent

#2C16CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEDE

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

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