#55DDEB#55DDEB

#55DDEB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.118 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DDEB
RGB	rgb(85, 221, 235)
HSL	hsl(186, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -32.35, -17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 36.91, 208.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.1067 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.118 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5918, 59.6375, 87.7423)
Luminance	0.5964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DDEB #EB6355

analogous

#55EBAE #55DDEB #5592EB

triadic

#55DDEB #EB55DD #DDEB55

tetradic

#55DDEB #AE55EB #EB6355 #92EB55

square

#55DDEB #AE55EB #EB6355 #92EB55

split-complementary

#55DDEB #EB5592 #EBAE55

monochromatic

#15A2B1 #1ED2E5 #55DDEB #8CE8F1 #C3F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#55DDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#55DDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DDEB

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DDEB	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ddeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 221, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.118 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e8f1',
    500: '#55ddeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ddeb;
$custom-light: #96e8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ddeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.6,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82933,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DDEB

secondary

#B13F33

accent

#1E0ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DDEB

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

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