#55C9DA#55C9DA

#55C9DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.106 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C9DA
RGB	rgb(85, 201, 218)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -27.54, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 33.03, 213.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0932 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.106 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2826, 48.7627, 73.7634)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C9DA #DA6655

analogous

#55DAA9 #55C9DA #5587DA

triadic

#55C9DA #DA55C9 #C9DA55

tetradic

#55C9DA #A955DA #DA6655 #87DA55

square

#55C9DA #A955DA #DA6655 #87DA55

split-complementary

#55C9DA #DA5587 #DAA955

monochromatic

#208594 #2BB3C7 #55C9DA #87D9E5 #BAE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#55C9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#55C9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C9DA

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C9DA	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 201, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.106 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e5',
    500: '#55c9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c9da;
$custom-light: #92d9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.669,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77645,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C9DA

secondary

#DFB2AB

accent

#5641E7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C9DA

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

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