#55DEE6#55DEE6

#55DEE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.117 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DEE6
RGB	rgb(85, 222, 230)
HSL	hsl(183, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 3.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -34.23, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 37.34, 203.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.1098 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.117 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1443, 59.8822, 84.0795)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DEE6 #E65D55

analogous

#55E6A5 #55DEE6 #5596E6

triadic

#55DEE6 #E655DE #DEE655

tetradic

#55DEE6 #A555E6 #E65D55 #96E655

square

#55DEE6 #A555E6 #E65D55 #96E655

split-complementary

#55DEE6 #E65596 #E6A555

monochromatic

#19A0A8 #21D3DD #55DEE6 #8AE8EE #C0F3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#55DEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#55DEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DEE6

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DEE6	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)

#CFD5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 222, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.117 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e8ed',
    500: '#55dee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dee6;
$custom-light: #95e8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.31,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82989,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DEE6

secondary

#AA3C36

accent

#1A0FD6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DEE6

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

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