#55DEE5#55DEE5

#55DEE5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.117 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DEE5
RGB	rgb(85, 222, 229)
HSL	hsl(183, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -34.51, -14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 37.40, 202.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.1102 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.117 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0043, 59.8262, 83.3421)
Luminance	0.5983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DEE5 #E55C55

analogous

#55E5A4 #55DEE5 #5596E5

triadic

#55DEE5 #E555DE #DEE555

tetradic

#55DEE5 #A455E5 #E55C55 #96E555

square

#55DEE5 #A455E5 #E55C55 #96E555

split-complementary

#55DEE5 #E55596 #E5A455

monochromatic

#199FA6 #22D2DB #55DEE5 #8AE8ED #BFF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#55DEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#55DEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DEE5

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DEE5	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 222, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.117 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e8ed',
    500: '#55dee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dee5;
$custom-light: #95e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.917,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82954,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DEE5

secondary

#A83C36

accent

#1A10D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DEE5

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

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