#55DAE9#55DAE9

#55DAE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.116 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DAE9
RGB	rgb(85, 218, 233)
HSL	hsl(186, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -31.49, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 36.32, 209.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.1045 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.116 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5194, 57.9526, 85.9674)
Luminance	0.5796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DAE9 #E96455

analogous

#55E9AE #55DAE9 #5590E9

triadic

#55DAE9 #E955DA #DAE955

tetradic

#55DAE9 #AE55E9 #E96455 #90E955

square

#55DAE9 #AE55E9 #E96455 #90E955

split-complementary

#55DAE9 #E95590 #E9AE55

monochromatic

#169EAD #1FCEE2 #55DAE9 #8BE6F0 #C1F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#55DAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#55DAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DAE9

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DAE9	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D2EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 218, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.116 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e6f0',
    500: '#55dae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dae9;
$custom-light: #95e6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.081,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82163,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DAE9

secondary

#AE4034

accent

#210CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DAE9

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

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