#55DAEF#55DAEF

#55DAEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.118 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DAEF
RGB	rgb(85, 218, 239)
HSL	hsl(188, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -29.77, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 36.43, 215.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.1022 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.118 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3911, 58.3013, 90.5584)
Luminance	0.5831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DAEF #EF6A55

analogous

#55EFB7 #55DAEF #558DEF

triadic

#55DAEF #EF55DA #DAEF55

tetradic

#55DAEF #B755EF #EF6A55 #8DEF55

square

#55DAEF #B755EF #EF6A55 #8DEF55

split-complementary

#55DAEF #EF558D #EFB755

monochromatic

#11A1B8 #1DCEEA #55DAEF #8DE6F4 #C5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#55DAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#55DAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DAEF

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DAEF	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55daef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 218, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.118 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5f4',
    500: '#55daef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55daef;
$custom-light: #96e5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55daef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82383,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DAEF

secondary

#B74331

accent

#2406DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DAEF

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

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