#55D5DE#55D5DE

#55D5DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.112 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5DE
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 222)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 4.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -32.21, -14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 35.50, 204.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.1039 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.112 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7197, 54.7894, 77.5225)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5DE #DE5E55

analogous

#55DEA3 #55D5DE #5590DE

triadic

#55D5DE #DE55D5 #D5DE55

tetradic

#55D5DE #A355DE #DE5E55 #90DE55

square

#55D5DE #A355DE #DE5E55 #90DE55

split-complementary

#55D5DE #DE5590 #DEA355

monochromatic

#1E929B #28C3CE #55D5DE #88E2E8 #BCEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#55D5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5DE

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5DE	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.112 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2e8',
    500: '#55d5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5de;
$custom-light: #94e2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.942,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80602,
    "c": 0.11188,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5DE

secondary

#9E3F39

accent

#2216CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5DE

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

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