#55CAE1#55CAE1

#55CAE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.109 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CAE1
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 225)
HSL	hsl(190, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 10.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -26.00, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 33.56, 219.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0915 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.109 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4518, 49.6046, 78.7677)
Luminance	0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CAE1 #E16C55

analogous

#55E1B2 #55CAE1 #5584E1

triadic

#55CAE1 #E155CA #CAE155

tetradic

#55CAE1 #B255E1 #E16C55 #84E155

square

#55CAE1 #B255E1 #E16C55 #84E155

split-complementary

#55CAE1 #E15584 #E1B255

monochromatic

#1C8A9F #25B7D3 #55CAE1 #89DAEA #BDEAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#55CAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#55CAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAE1

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CAE1	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.109 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93daea',
    500: '#55cae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cae1;
$custom-light: #93daea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78142,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CAE1

secondary

#E3B7AE

accent

#3314D2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CAE1

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

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