#55DDEC#55DDEC

#55DDEC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.118 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DDEC
RGB	rgb(85, 221, 236)
HSL	hsl(186, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -32.07, -18.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 36.90, 209.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.1063 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.118 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7366, 59.6954, 88.5053)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DDEC #EC6455

analogous

#55ECAF #55DDEC #5592EC

triadic

#55DDEC #EC55DD #DDEC55

tetradic

#55DDEC #AF55EC #EC6455 #92EC55

square

#55DDEC #AF55EC #EC6455 #92EC55

split-complementary

#55DDEC #EC5592 #ECAF55

monochromatic

#14A3B3 #1ED2E6 #55DDEC #8CE8F2 #C3F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#55DDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#55DDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DDEC

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DDEC	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ddec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 221, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.118 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e8f2',
    500: '#55ddec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ddec;
$custom-light: #96e8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ddec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.96,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82969,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DDEC

secondary

#B33F33

accent

#1E09DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DDEC

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

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