#55DBE9#55DBE9

#55DBE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.116 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DBE9
RGB	rgb(85, 219, 233)
HSL	hsl(186, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -31.97, -17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 36.52, 208.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.1055 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.116 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7795, 58.4728, 86.0541)
Luminance	0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DBE9 #E96355

analogous

#55E9AD #55DBE9 #5591E9

triadic

#55DBE9 #E955DB #DBE955

tetradic

#55DBE9 #AD55E9 #E96355 #91E955

square

#55DBE9 #AD55E9 #E96355 #91E955

split-complementary

#55DBE9 #E95591 #E9AD55

monochromatic

#169FAD #1FD0E2 #55DBE9 #8BE6F0 #C1F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#55DBE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#55DBE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DBE9

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DBE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DBE9	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dbe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 219, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.116 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e6f0',
    500: '#55dbe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dbe9;
$custom-light: #95e6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dbe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.676,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82395,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DBE9

secondary

#AE4034

accent

#200CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DBE9

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

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