#55DEF5#55DEF5

#55DEF5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.121 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DEF5
RGB	rgb(85, 222, 245)
HSL	hsl(189, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 9.4%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.25, -29.96, -22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.25, 37.26, 216.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.1038 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.121 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3421, 60.7613, 95.6543)
Luminance	0.6077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DEF5 #F56C55

analogous

#55F5BC #55DEF5 #558EF5

triadic

#55DEF5 #F555DE #DEF555

tetradic

#55DEF5 #BC55F5 #F56C55 #8EF555

square

#55DEF5 #BC55F5 #F56C55 #8EF555

split-complementary

#55DEF5 #F5558E #F5BC55

monochromatic

#0CAAC4 #1BD3F2 #55DEF5 #8FE9F8 #C9F4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#55DEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#55DEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DEF5

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DEF5	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD6F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C5F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55def5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 222, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.121 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e8f8',
    500: '#55def5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55def5;
$custom-light: #97e8f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55def5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.625,
    "s": 88.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83531,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DEF5

secondary

#C1422D

accent

#2100E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DEF5

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

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