#55DDE9#55DDE9

#55DDE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.117 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DDE9
RGB	rgb(85, 221, 233)
HSL	hsl(185, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 5.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, -32.92, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 36.95, 207.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.1076 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.117 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.3044, 59.5226, 86.2291)
Luminance	0.5953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DDE9 #E96155

analogous

#55E9AB #55DDE9 #5593E9

triadic

#55DDE9 #E955DD #DDE955

tetradic

#55DDE9 #AB55E9 #E96155 #93E955

square

#55DDE9 #AB55E9 #E96155 #93E955

split-complementary

#55DDE9 #E95593 #E9AB55

monochromatic

#16A1AD #1FD2E2 #55DDE9 #8BE8F0 #C1F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#55DDE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#55DDE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DDE9

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DDE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DDE9	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dde9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 221, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.117 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e8f0',
    500: '#55dde9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dde9;
$custom-light: #95e8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dde9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.865,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82861,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DDE9

secondary

#AE3E34

accent

#1D0CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DDE9

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

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