#55DCE6#55DCE6

#55DCE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.116 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCE6
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 230)
HSL	hsl(184, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 4.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -33.29, -15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 36.84, 205.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.1078 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.116 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6163, 58.8261, 83.9035)
Luminance	0.5883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCE6 #E65F55

analogous

#55E6A8 #55DCE6 #5594E6

triadic

#55DCE6 #E655DC #DCE655

tetradic

#55DCE6 #A855E6 #E65F55 #94E655

square

#55DCE6 #A855E6 #E65F55 #94E655

split-complementary

#55DCE6 #E65594 #E6A855

monochromatic

#199EA8 #21D0DD #55DCE6 #8AE7EE #C0F2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#55DCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#55DCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCE6

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCE6	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	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)

#CCD3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.116 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e7ed',
    500: '#55dce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dce6;
$custom-light: #95e7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82522,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCE6

secondary

#AA3E36

accent

#1D0FD6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCE6

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

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