#55DBE5#55DBE5

#55DBE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.116 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DBE5
RGB	rgb(85, 219, 229)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 4.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -33.09, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 36.64, 205.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.1072 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.116 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2146, 58.2468, 83.0788)
Luminance	0.5825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DBE5 #E55F55

analogous

#55E5A7 #55DBE5 #5593E5

triadic

#55DBE5 #E555DB #DBE555

tetradic

#55DBE5 #A755E5 #E55F55 #93E555

square

#55DBE5 #A755E5 #E55F55 #93E555

split-complementary

#55DBE5 #E55593 #E5A755

monochromatic

#199CA6 #22CEDB #55DBE5 #8AE6ED #BFF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#55DBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#55DBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DBE5

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DBE5	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)

#CBD2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 219, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.116 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e6ed',
    500: '#55dbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dbe5;
$custom-light: #95e6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82253,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DBE5

secondary

#A83E36

accent

#1E10D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DBE5

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

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