#55DBE4#55DBE4

#55DBE4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.116 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DBE4
RGB	rgb(85, 219, 228)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, -33.37, -15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 36.69, 204.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.1076 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.116 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0754, 58.1911, 82.3456)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DBE4 #E45E55

analogous

#55E4A6 #55DBE4 #5594E4

triadic

#55DBE4 #E455DB #DBE455

tetradic

#55DBE4 #A655E4 #E45E55 #94E455

square

#55DBE4 #A655E4 #E45E55 #94E455

split-complementary

#55DBE4 #E45594 #E4A655

monochromatic

#1A9CA4 #23CED9 #55DBE4 #8AE6EC #BFF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#55DBE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#55DBE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DBE4

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DBE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DBE4	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dbe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 219, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.116 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e6ec',
    500: '#55dbe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dbe4;
$custom-light: #95e6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dbe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.776,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82218,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DBE4

secondary

#A73D36

accent

#1D11D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DBE4

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

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