#55CCE1#55CCE1

#55CCE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.109 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CCE1
RGB	rgb(85, 204, 225)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 9.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -26.99, -20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 33.80, 217.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0935 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.109 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9241, 50.5492, 78.9252)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CCE1 #E16A55

analogous

#55E1B0 #55CCE1 #5586E1

triadic

#55CCE1 #E155CC #CCE155

tetradic

#55CCE1 #B055E1 #E16A55 #86E155

square

#55CCE1 #B055E1 #E16A55 #86E155

split-complementary

#55CCE1 #E15586 #E1B055

monochromatic

#1C8C9F #25B9D3 #55CCE1 #89DCEA #BDEBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#55CCE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#55CCE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CCE1

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CCE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CCE1	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 204, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.109 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbea',
    500: '#55cce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cce1;
$custom-light: #93dbea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78607,
    "c": 0.10923,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CCE1

secondary

#A34838

accent

#3014D2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CCE1

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

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