#55DAE8#55DAE8

#55DAE8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.116 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DAE8
RGB	rgb(85, 218, 232)
HSL	hsl(186, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -31.77, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 36.33, 209.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.1049 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.116 205)
XYZ	xyz(43.3770, 57.8956, 85.2172)
Luminance	0.5790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DAE8 #E86355

analogous

#55E8AC #55DAE8 #5591E8

triadic

#55DAE8 #E855DA #DAE855

tetradic

#55DAE8 #AC55E8 #E86355 #91E855

square

#55DAE8 #AC55E8 #E86355 #91E855

split-complementary

#55DAE8 #E85591 #E8AC55

monochromatic

#179DAB #1FCEE1 #55DAE8 #8BE6EF #C1F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#55DAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#55DAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DAE8

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DAE8	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 218, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.116 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e6ef',
    500: '#55dae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dae8;
$custom-light: #95e6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82127,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DAE8

secondary

#AD4035

accent

#200DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DAE8

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

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