#55CBE2#55CBE2

#55CBE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.109 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBE2
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 226)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -26.21, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 33.75, 219.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0921 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.109 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8240, 50.1301, 79.5668)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBE2 #E26C55

analogous

#55E2B2 #55CBE2 #5584E2

triadic

#55CBE2 #E255CB #CBE255

tetradic

#55CBE2 #B255E2 #E26C55 #84E255

square

#55CBE2 #B255E2 #E26C55 #84E255

split-complementary

#55CBE2 #E25584 #E2B255

monochromatic

#1B8BA1 #24B9D5 #55CBE2 #89DBEB #BEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#55CBE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#55CBE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBE2

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBE2	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.109 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbeb',
    500: '#55cbe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbe2;
$custom-light: #93dbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.787,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78413,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBE2

secondary

#A44937

accent

#3213D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFD

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBE2

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

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