#55C1D5#55C1D5

#55C1D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.102 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C1D5
RGB	rgb(85, 193, 213)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -25.02, -19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 31.60, 217.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0868 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.102 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8216, 44.8718, 69.7639)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C1D5 #D56955

analogous

#55D5A9 #55C1D5 #5581D5

triadic

#55C1D5 #D555C1 #C1D555

tetradic

#55C1D5 #A955D5 #D56955 #81D555

square

#55C1D5 #A955D5 #D56955 #81D555

split-complementary

#55C1D5 #D55581 #D5A955

monochromatic

#237C8D #2FA8BE #55C1D5 #86D3E1 #B7E5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#55C1D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#55C1D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C1D5

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C1D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C1D5	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BBD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c1d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 193, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.102 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4e2',
    500: '#55c1d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c1d5;
$custom-light: #91d4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c1d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.375,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75583,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C1D5

secondary

#DCB1A9

accent

#5D44E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C1D5

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

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