#55DDEF#55DDEF

#55DDEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.119 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DDEF
RGB	rgb(85, 221, 239)
HSL	hsl(187, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 7.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -31.21, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 36.91, 212.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.1051 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.119 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1761, 59.8712, 90.8201)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DDEF #EF6755

analogous

#55EFB4 #55DDEF #5590EF

triadic

#55DDEF #EF55DD #DDEF55

tetradic

#55DDEF #B455EF #EF6755 #90EF55

square

#55DDEF #B455EF #EF6755 #90EF55

split-complementary

#55DDEF #EF5590 #EFB455

monochromatic

#11A5B8 #1DD2EA #55DDEF #8DE8F4 #C5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#55DDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#55DDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DDEF

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DDEF	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ddef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 221, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.119 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e8f4',
    500: '#55ddef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ddef;
$custom-light: #96e8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ddef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.013,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83078,
    "c": 0.11851,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DDEF

secondary

#B74131

accent

#2006DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DDEF

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

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