#55DDE6#55DDE6

#55DDE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.117 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DDE6
RGB	rgb(85, 221, 230)
HSL	hsl(184, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 3.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, -33.76, -15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 37.08, 204.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.1088 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.117 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8795, 59.3526, 83.9912)
Luminance	0.5936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DDE6 #E65E55

analogous

#55E6A7 #55DDE6 #5595E6

triadic

#55DDE6 #E655DD #DDE655

tetradic

#55DDE6 #A755E6 #E65E55 #95E655

square

#55DDE6 #A755E6 #E65E55 #95E655

split-complementary

#55DDE6 #E65595 #E6A755

monochromatic

#199FA8 #21D2DD #55DDE6 #8AE8EE #C0F2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#55DDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#55DDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DDE6

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DDE6	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 221, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.117 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e8ed',
    500: '#55dde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dde6;
$custom-light: #95e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.724,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82755,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DDE6

secondary

#AA3D36

accent

#1B0FD6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DDE6

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

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