#55DBE6#55DBE6

#55DBE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.116 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DBE6
RGB	rgb(85, 219, 230)
HSL	hsl(185, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 4.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -32.81, -16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 36.60, 206.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.1068 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.116 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3546, 58.3028, 83.8163)
Luminance	0.5831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DBE6 #E66055

analogous

#55E6A9 #55DBE6 #5593E6

triadic

#55DBE6 #E655DB #DBE655

tetradic

#55DBE6 #A955E6 #E66055 #93E655

square

#55DBE6 #A955E6 #E66055 #93E655

split-complementary

#55DBE6 #E65593 #E6A955

monochromatic

#199DA8 #21CFDD #55DBE6 #8AE6EE #C0F2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#55DBE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#55DBE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DBE6

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DBE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DBE6	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)

#CBD2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 219, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.116 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e6ed',
    500: '#55dbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dbe6;
$custom-light: #95e6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.552,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82288,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DBE6

secondary

#AA3E36

accent

#1E0FD6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DBE6

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

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