#55DECE#55DECE

#55DECE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.120 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DECE
RGB	rgb(85, 222, 206)
HSL	hsl(173, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 7.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -40.67, -3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 40.79, 184.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.12 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.12 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0031, 58.6257, 67.5355)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DECE #DE5565

analogous

#55DE8A #55DECE #55A9DE

triadic

#55DECE #CE55DE #DECE55

tetradic

#55DECE #8A55DE #DE5565 #A9DE55

square

#55DECE #8A55DE #DE5565 #A9DE55

split-complementary

#55DECE #DE55A9 #DE8A55

monochromatic

#1E9B8C #28CEBA #55DECE #88E8DD #BCF2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#55DECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#55DECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DECE

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DECE	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 222, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.120 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e9dc',
    500: '#55dece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dece;
$custom-light: #93e9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.993,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82202,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DECE

secondary

#9E3945

accent

#162CCF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DECE

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

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