#55DCE4#55DCE4

#55DCE4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.116 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCE4
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 228)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, -33.85, -14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 36.94, 203.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.1086 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.116 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3371, 58.7144, 82.4328)
Luminance	0.5872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCE4 #E45D55

analogous

#55E4A5 #55DCE4 #5595E4

triadic

#55DCE4 #E455DC #DCE455

tetradic

#55DCE4 #A555E4 #E45D55 #95E455

square

#55DCE4 #A555E4 #E45D55 #95E455

split-complementary

#55DCE4 #E45595 #E4A555

monochromatic

#1A9DA4 #23CFD9 #55DCE4 #8AE7EC #BFF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#55DCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#55DCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCE4

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCE4	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.116 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e7ec',
    500: '#55dce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dce4;
$custom-light: #95e7ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.357,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82452,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCE4

secondary

#A73D36

accent

#1C11D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCE4

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

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