#55DCEB#55DCEB

#55DCEB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.117 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCEB
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 235)
HSL	hsl(186, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -31.87, -18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 36.70, 209.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.1057 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.117 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3285, 59.1110, 87.6545)
Luminance	0.5912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCEB #EB6455

analogous

#55EBAF #55DCEB #5591EB

triadic

#55DCEB #EB55DC #DCEB55

tetradic

#55DCEB #AF55EB #EB6455 #91EB55

square

#55DCEB #AF55EB #EB6455 #91EB55

split-complementary

#55DCEB #EB5591 #EBAF55

monochromatic

#15A1B1 #1ED1E5 #55DCEB #8CE7F1 #C3F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#55DCEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#55DCEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCEB

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCEB	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.117 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e7f1',
    500: '#55dceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dceb;
$custom-light: #95e7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.827,
    "c": 0.11718,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCEB

secondary

#B14033

accent

#1F0ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCEB

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

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