#55DDE5#55DDE5

#55DDE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.117 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DDE5
RGB	rgb(85, 221, 229)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 3.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -34.04, -14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 37.14, 203.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% -0.1092 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.117 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7395, 59.2966, 83.2538)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DDE5 #E55D55

analogous

#55E5A5 #55DDE5 #5595E5

triadic

#55DDE5 #E555DD #DDE555

tetradic

#55DDE5 #A555E5 #E55D55 #95E555

square

#55DDE5 #A555E5 #E55D55 #95E555

split-complementary

#55DDE5 #E55595 #E5A555

monochromatic

#199EA6 #22D1DB #55DDE5 #8AE8ED #BFF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#55DDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#55DDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DDE5

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DDE5	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)

#CED4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 221, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.117 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e8ed',
    500: '#55dde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dde5;
$custom-light: #95e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8272,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DDE5

secondary

#A83C36

accent

#1B10D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DDE5

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

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