#55DCE2#55DCE2

#55DCE2 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.116 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCE2
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 226)
HSL	hsl(183, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 2.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -34.40, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 37.08, 201.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.1094 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.116 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0610, 58.6040, 80.9791)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCE2 #E25B55

analogous

#55E2A1 #55DCE2 #5595E2

triadic

#55DCE2 #E255DC #DCE255

tetradic

#55DCE2 #A155E2 #E25B55 #95E255

square

#55DCE2 #A155E2 #E25B55 #95E255

split-complementary

#55DCE2 #E25595 #E2A155

monochromatic

#1B9BA1 #24CED5 #55DCE2 #89E7EB #BEF2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#55DCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#55DCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCE2

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCE2	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.116 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e7eb',
    500: '#55dce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dce2;
$custom-light: #95e7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.553,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82382,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCE2

secondary

#A43C37

accent

#1B13D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCE2

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

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