#55DFEF#55DFEF

#55DFEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.119 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DFEF
RGB	rgb(85, 223, 239)
HSL	hsl(186, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 6.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -32.16, -18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 37.27, 210.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.1071 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.119 206)
XYZ	xyz(45.7073, 60.9336, 90.9971)
Luminance	0.6094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DFEF #EF6555

analogous

#55EFB2 #55DFEF #5592EF

triadic

#55DFEF #EF55DF #DFEF55

tetradic

#55DFEF #B255EF #EF6555 #92EF55

square

#55DFEF #B255EF #EF6555 #92EF55

split-complementary

#55DFEF #EF5592 #EFB255

monochromatic

#11A7B8 #1DD4EA #55DFEF #8DEAF4 #C5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#55DFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#55DFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DFEF

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DFEF	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 223, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.119 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e9f4',
    500: '#55dfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dfef;
$custom-light: #96e9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.234,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83541,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.60939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DFEF

secondary

#B73F31

accent

#1D06DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DFEF

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

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