#55DFEE#55DFEE

#55DFEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.119 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DFEE
RGB	rgb(85, 223, 238)
HSL	hsl(186, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 6.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -32.45, -18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 37.28, 209.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.1075 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.119 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5600, 60.8747, 90.2212)
Luminance	0.6088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DFEE #EE6455

analogous

#55EEB0 #55DFEE #5592EE

triadic

#55DFEE #EE55DF #DFEE55

tetradic

#55DFEE #B055EE #EE6455 #92EE55

square

#55DFEE #B055EE #EE6455 #92EE55

split-complementary

#55DFEE #EE5592 #EEB055

monochromatic

#12A6B6 #1DD5E8 #55DFEE #8DE9F4 #C4F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#55DFEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#55DFEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DFEE

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DFEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DFEE	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dfee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 223, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.119 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e9f3',
    500: '#55dfee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dfee;
$custom-light: #96e9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dfee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.882,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83505,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DFEE

secondary

#B63E31

accent

#1C07DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DFEE

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

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