#55DBE8#55DBE8

#55DBE8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.116 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DBE8
RGB	rgb(85, 219, 232)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 5.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, -32.25, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 36.54, 208.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.106 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.116 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6371, 58.4158, 85.3039)
Luminance	0.5842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DBE8 #E86255

analogous

#55E8AC #55DBE8 #5592E8

triadic

#55DBE8 #E855DB #DBE855

tetradic

#55DBE8 #AC55E8 #E86255 #92E855

square

#55DBE8 #AC55E8 #E86255 #92E855

split-complementary

#55DBE8 #E85592 #E8AC55

monochromatic

#179EAB #1FD0E1 #55DBE8 #8BE6EF #C1F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#55DBE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#55DBE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DBE8

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DBE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DBE8	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dbe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 219, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.116 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e6ef',
    500: '#55dbe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dbe8;
$custom-light: #95e6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dbe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.306,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8236,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DBE8

secondary

#AD3F35

accent

#1F0DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DBE8

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

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