#55DDE8#55DDE8

#55DDE8 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.117 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DDE8
RGB	rgb(85, 221, 232)
HSL	hsl(184, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 4.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -33.20, -16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 36.99, 206.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.108 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.117 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1620, 59.4656, 85.4789)
Luminance	0.5947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DDE8 #E86055

analogous

#55E8AA #55DDE8 #5593E8

triadic

#55DDE8 #E855DD #DDE855

tetradic

#55DDE8 #AA55E8 #E86055 #93E855

square

#55DDE8 #AA55E8 #E86055 #93E855

split-complementary

#55DDE8 #E85593 #E8AA55

monochromatic

#17A0AB #1FD2E1 #55DDE8 #8BE8EF #C1F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#55DDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#55DDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DDE8

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DDE8	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 221, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.117 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e8ef',
    500: '#55dde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dde8;
$custom-light: #95e8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.49,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82826,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DDE8

secondary

#AD3E35

accent

#1C0DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DDE8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →