#55C5DA#55C5DA

#55C5DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.105 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5DA
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 218)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -25.56, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 32.45, 218.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.089 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.105 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3622, 46.9220, 73.4566)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5DA #DA6A55

analogous

#55DAAD #55C5DA #5583DA

triadic

#55C5DA #DA55C5 #C5DA55

tetradic

#55C5DA #AD55DA #DA6A55 #83DA55

square

#55C5DA #AD55DA #DA6A55 #83DA55

split-complementary

#55C5DA #DA5583 #DAAD55

monochromatic

#208294 #2BAEC7 #55C5DA #87D6E5 #BAE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#55C5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#55C5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5DA

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5DA	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.105 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6e5',
    500: '#55c5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5da;
$custom-light: #92d6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76709,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5DA

secondary

#DFB4AB

accent

#5B41E7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5DA

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

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