#55DCE8#55DCE8

#55DCE8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.117 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCE8
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 232)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -32.72, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 36.76, 207.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.107 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.117 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8988, 58.9391, 85.3911)
Luminance	0.5894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCE8 #E86155

analogous

#55E8AB #55DCE8 #5593E8

triadic

#55DCE8 #E855DC #DCE855

tetradic

#55DCE8 #AB55E8 #E86155 #93E855

square

#55DCE8 #AB55E8 #E86155 #93E855

split-complementary

#55DCE8 #E85593 #E8AB55

monochromatic

#179FAB #1FD1E1 #55DCE8 #8BE7EF #C1F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#55DCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#55DCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCE8

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCE8	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.117 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e7ef',
    500: '#55dce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dce8;
$custom-light: #95e7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.898,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82593,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCE8

secondary

#AD3E35

accent

#1E0DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCE8

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

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