#55DCEE#55DCEE

#55DCEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.118 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCEE
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 238)
HSL	hsl(187, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 7.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -31.02, -19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 36.72, 212.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.1045 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.118 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7656, 59.2858, 89.9564)
Luminance	0.5929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCEE #EE6755

analogous

#55EEB3 #55DCEE #558FEE

triadic

#55DCEE #EE55DC #DCEE55

tetradic

#55DCEE #B355EE #EE6755 #8FEE55

square

#55DCEE #B355EE #EE6755 #8FEE55

split-complementary

#55DCEE #EE558F #EEB355

monochromatic

#12A3B6 #1DD1E8 #55DCEE #8DE7F4 #C4F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#55DCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#55DCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCEE

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCEE	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.118 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e7f3',
    500: '#55dcee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcee;
$custom-light: #96e7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82809,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCEE

secondary

#B64131

accent

#2107DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCEE

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

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