#55DBEE#55DBEE

#55DBEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.118 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DBEE
RGB	rgb(85, 219, 238)
HSL	hsl(187, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -30.54, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 36.55, 213.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.1035 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.118 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5039, 58.7625, 89.8692)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DBEE #EE6855

analogous

#55EEB4 #55DBEE #558EEE

triadic

#55DBEE #EE55DB #DBEE55

tetradic

#55DBEE #B455EE #EE6855 #8EEE55

square

#55DBEE #B455EE #EE6855 #8EEE55

split-complementary

#55DBEE #EE558E #EEB455

monochromatic

#12A2B6 #1DCFE8 #55DBEE #8DE7F4 #C4F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#55DBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#55DBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DBEE

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DBEE	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 219, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.118 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e6f3',
    500: '#55dbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dbee;
$custom-light: #96e6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.451,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82577,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DBEE

secondary

#B64231

accent

#2207DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DBEE

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

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