#55DCED#55DCED

#55DCED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.118 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCED
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 237)
HSL	hsl(187, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -31.30, -19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 36.71, 211.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.1049 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.118 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6191, 59.2272, 89.1848)
Luminance	0.5923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCED #ED6655

analogous

#55EDB2 #55DCED #5590ED

triadic

#55DCED #ED55DC #DCED55

tetradic

#55DCED #B255ED #ED6655 #90ED55

square

#55DCED #B255ED #ED6655 #90ED55

split-complementary

#55DCED #ED5590 #EDB255

monochromatic

#13A2B4 #1ED1E7 #55DCED #8CE7F3 #C4F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#55DCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#55DCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCED

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCED	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.118 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e7f2',
    500: '#55dced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dced;
$custom-light: #96e7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.711,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82773,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCED

secondary

#B44132

accent

#2008DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCED

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

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