#55DAE4#55DAE4

#55DAE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.115 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DAE4
RGB	rgb(85, 218, 228)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -32.90, -15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 36.45, 205.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.1066 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.115 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8153, 57.6709, 82.2589)
Luminance	0.5768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DAE4 #E45F55

analogous

#55E4A7 #55DAE4 #5593E4

triadic

#55DAE4 #E455DA #DAE455

tetradic

#55DAE4 #A755E4 #E45F55 #93E455

square

#55DAE4 #A755E4 #E45F55 #93E455

split-complementary

#55DAE4 #E45593 #E4A755

monochromatic

#1A9BA4 #23CDD9 #55DAE4 #8AE5EC #BFF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#55DAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#55DAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DAE4

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DAE4	1.00	1.68	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 218, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.115 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e6ec',
    500: '#55dae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dae4;
$custom-light: #95e6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.196,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81984,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DAE4

secondary

#A73E36

accent

#1F11D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DAE4

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

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