#55DEF3#55DEF3

#55DEF3 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.120 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DEF3
RGB	rgb(85, 222, 243)
HSL	hsl(188, 87%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 8.6%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, -30.54, -21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 37.17, 214.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.1046 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.12 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0384, 60.6398, 94.0550)
Luminance	0.6065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DEF3 #F36A55

analogous

#55F3B9 #55DEF3 #558FF3

triadic

#55DEF3 #F355DE #DEF355

tetradic

#55DEF3 #B955F3 #F36A55 #8FF355

square

#55DEF3 #B955F3 #F36A55 #8FF355

split-complementary

#55DEF3 #F3558F #F3B955

monochromatic

#0EA8C0 #1CD3EF #55DEF3 #8EE9F7 #C7F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#55DEF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#55DEF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DEF3

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DEF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DEF3	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD6F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C5F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55def3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 222, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.120 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e8f7',
    500: '#55def3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55def3;
$custom-light: #96e8f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55def3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.975,
    "s": 86.813,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83456,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DEF3

secondary

#BE412E

accent

#2002E3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DEF3

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

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