#55DAEE#55DAEE

#55DAEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.117 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DAEE
RGB	rgb(85, 218, 238)
HSL	hsl(188, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -30.05, -20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 36.39, 214.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.1026 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.117 209)
XYZ	xyz(44.2438, 58.2423, 89.7825)
Luminance	0.5825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DAEE #EE6955

analogous

#55EEB5 #55DAEE #558DEE

triadic

#55DAEE #EE55DA #DAEE55

tetradic

#55DAEE #B555EE #EE6955 #8DEE55

square

#55DAEE #B555EE #EE6955 #8DEE55

split-complementary

#55DAEE #EE558D #EEB555

monochromatic

#12A1B6 #1DCEE8 #55DAEE #8DE6F4 #C4F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#55DAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#55DAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DAEE

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DAEE	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55daee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 218, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.117 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5f3',
    500: '#55daee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55daee;
$custom-light: #96e5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55daee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.843,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82346,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.58247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DAEE

secondary

#B64331

accent

#2307DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DAEE

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

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