#55DBDE#55DBDE

#55DBDE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.115 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DBDE
RGB	rgb(85, 219, 222)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -35.04, -12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 37.14, 199.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.1101 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.115 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2569, 57.8637, 78.0349)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DBDE #DE5855

analogous

#55DE9D #55DBDE #5596DE

triadic

#55DBDE #DE55DB #DBDE55

tetradic

#55DBDE #9D55DE #DE5855 #96DE55

square

#55DBDE #9D55DE #DE5855 #96DE55

split-complementary

#55DBDE #DE5596 #DE9D55

monochromatic

#1E989B #28CACE #55DBDE #88E6E8 #BCF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#55DBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#55DBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DBDE

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DBDE	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 219, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.115 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e6e8',
    500: '#55dbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dbde;
$custom-light: #94e6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.314,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8201,
    "c": 0.11525,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DBDE

secondary

#9E3B39

accent

#1A16CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DBDE

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

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