#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
RGBrgb(85, 201, 218)
HSLhsl(188, 64%, 59%)
HSVhsv(188, 61%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(61%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(75.30, -27.54, -18.23)
CIE-LCHlch(75.30, 33.03, 213.51°)
OKLaboklab(77.65% -0.0932 -0.0505)
OKLCHoklch(77.65% 0.106 208.5)
XYZxyz(37.2826, 48.7627, 73.7634)
Luminance0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##55C9DA1.001.9510.7510.75
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7521.001.001.00
##00000010.7521.001.001.00

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

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#55C9DA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva