#55DBEF#55DBEF

#55DBEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.118 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DBEF
RGB	rgb(85, 219, 239)
HSL	hsl(188, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -30.25, -20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 36.58, 214.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.1032 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.118 209)
XYZ	xyz(44.6512, 58.8214, 90.6451)
Luminance	0.5883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DBEF #EF6955

analogous

#55EFB6 #55DBEF #558EEF

triadic

#55DBEF #EF55DB #DBEF55

tetradic

#55DBEF #B655EF #EF6955 #8EEF55

square

#55DBEF #B655EF #EF6955 #8EEF55

split-complementary

#55DBEF #EF558E #EFB655

monochromatic

#11A3B8 #1DCFEA #55DBEF #8DE7F4 #C5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#55DBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#55DBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DBEF

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DBEF	1.00	1.65	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 219, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.118 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e6f4',
    500: '#55dbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dbef;
$custom-light: #96e6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.792,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82614,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.58826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DBEF

secondary

#B74231

accent

#2206DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DBEF

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

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