#55DAE0#55DAE0

#55DAE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.115 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DAE0
RGB	rgb(85, 218, 224)
HSL	hsl(183, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, -34.02, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 36.68, 201.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.1082 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.115 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2664, 57.4514, 79.3683)
Luminance	0.5746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DAE0 #E05B55

analogous

#55E0A0 #55DAE0 #5594E0

triadic

#55DAE0 #E055DA #DAE055

tetradic

#55DAE0 #A055E0 #E05B55 #94E055

square

#55DAE0 #A055E0 #E05B55 #94E055

split-complementary

#55DAE0 #E05594 #E0A055

monochromatic

#1D989E #26CAD2 #55DAE0 #89E5E9 #BDF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#55DAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#55DAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DAE0

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DAE0	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 218, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.115 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e6e9',
    500: '#55dae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dae0;
$custom-light: #94e6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.59,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81844,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DAE0

secondary

#A13D38

accent

#1D14D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DAE0

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

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