#55DDEA#55DDEA

#55DDEA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.117 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DDEA
RGB	rgb(85, 221, 234)
HSL	hsl(185, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 5.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -32.63, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 36.93, 207.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.1071 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.117 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4477, 59.5799, 86.9835)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DDEA #EA6255

analogous

#55EAAD #55DDEA #5592EA

triadic

#55DDEA #EA55DD #DDEA55

tetradic

#55DDEA #AD55EA #EA6255 #92EA55

square

#55DDEA #AD55EA #EA6255 #92EA55

split-complementary

#55DDEA #EA5592 #EAAD55

monochromatic

#16A2AF #1FD2E3 #55DDEA #8BE8F1 #C2F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#55DDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#55DDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DDEA

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DDEA	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ddea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 221, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.117 204.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ddea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.235,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82897,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DDEA

secondary

#B03E34

accent

#1D0BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DDEA

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

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