#55DCE9#55DCE9

#55DCE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.117 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCE9
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 233)
HSL	hsl(185, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 5.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -32.44, -17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 36.73, 207.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.1066 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.117 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0412, 58.9961, 86.1413)
Luminance	0.5900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCE9 #E96255

analogous

#55E9AC #55DCE9 #5592E9

triadic

#55DCE9 #E955DC #DCE955

tetradic

#55DCE9 #AC55E9 #E96255 #92E955

square

#55DCE9 #AC55E9 #E96255 #92E955

split-complementary

#55DCE9 #E95592 #E9AC55

monochromatic

#16A0AD #1FD1E2 #55DCE9 #8BE7F0 #C1F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#55DCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#55DCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCE9

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCE9	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.117 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e7f0',
    500: '#55dce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dce9;
$custom-light: #95e7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.27,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82628,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCE9

secondary

#AE3F34

accent

#1E0CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCE9

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

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