#55DCE5#55DCE5

#55DCE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.116 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCE5
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 229)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -33.57, -15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 36.89, 204.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.1082 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.116 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4763, 58.7701, 83.1660)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCE5 #E55E55

analogous

#55E5A6 #55DCE5 #5594E5

triadic

#55DCE5 #E555DC #DCE555

tetradic

#55DCE5 #A655E5 #E55E55 #94E555

square

#55DCE5 #A655E5 #E55E55 #94E555

split-complementary

#55DCE5 #E55594 #E5A655

monochromatic

#199DA6 #22D0DB #55DCE5 #8AE7ED #BFF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#55DCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#55DCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCE5

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCE5	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.116 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e7ed',
    500: '#55dce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dce5;
$custom-light: #95e7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82487,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCE5

secondary

#A83D36

accent

#1C10D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCE5

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

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