#55DDEE#55DDEE

#55DDEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.118 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DDEE
RGB	rgb(85, 221, 238)
HSL	hsl(187, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -31.50, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 36.90, 211.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.1055 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.118 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0288, 59.8123, 90.0442)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DDEE #EE6655

analogous

#55EEB3 #55DDEE #5590EE

triadic

#55DDEE #EE55DD #DDEE55

tetradic

#55DDEE #B355EE #EE6655 #90EE55

square

#55DDEE #B355EE #EE6655 #90EE55

split-complementary

#55DDEE #EE5590 #EEB355

monochromatic

#12A4B6 #1DD2E8 #55DDEE #8DE8F4 #C4F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#55DDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#55DDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DDEE

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DDEE	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ddee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 221, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.118 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e8f3',
    500: '#55ddee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ddee;
$custom-light: #96e8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ddee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83041,
    "c": 0.11825,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DDEE

secondary

#B64031

accent

#1F07DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DDEE

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

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