#55DCF4#55DCF4

#55DCF4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.120 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCF4
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 244)
HSL	hsl(189, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -29.28, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 36.95, 217.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.1022 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.12 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6618, 59.6443, 94.6764)
Luminance	0.5965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCF4 #F46D55

analogous

#55F4BD #55DCF4 #558CF4

triadic

#55DCF4 #F455DC #DCF455

tetradic

#55DCF4 #BD55F4 #F46D55 #8CF455

square

#55DCF4 #BD55F4 #F46D55 #8CF455

split-complementary

#55DCF4 #F4558C #F4BD55

monochromatic

#0DA7C2 #1CD0F0 #55DCF4 #8EE8F8 #C8F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#55DCF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#55DCF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCF4

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCF4	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D5F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C4F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.120 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e7f7',
    500: '#55dcf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcf4;
$custom-light: #96e7f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.057,
    "s": 87.845,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83032,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCF4

secondary

#C0442E

accent

#2301E4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCF4

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

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