#55DCDE#55DCDE

#55DCDE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.116 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCDE
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 222)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -35.50, -11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 37.44, 198.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.1111 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.116 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5186, 58.3870, 78.1221)
Luminance	0.5839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCDE #DE5755

analogous

#55DE9C #55DCDE #5597DE

triadic

#55DCDE #DE55DC #DCDE55

tetradic

#55DCDE #9C55DE #DE5755 #97DE55

square

#55DCDE #9C55DE #DE5755 #97DE55

split-complementary

#55DCDE #DE5597 #DE9C55

monochromatic

#1E999B #28CBCE #55DCDE #88E7E8 #BCF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#55DCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#55DCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCDE

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#CED2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.116 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7e8',
    500: '#55dcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcde;
$custom-light: #94e7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.876,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82245,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCDE

secondary

#9E3A39

accent

#1916CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCDE

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

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