#55CEE2#55CEE2

#55CEE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.110 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEE2
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 226)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 8.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -27.69, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 34.13, 215.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0952 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.11 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5394, 51.5607, 79.8052)
Luminance	0.5157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEE2 #E26955

analogous

#55E2AF #55CEE2 #5587E2

triadic

#55CEE2 #E255CE #CEE255

tetradic

#55CEE2 #AF55E2 #E26955 #87E255

square

#55CEE2 #AF55E2 #E26955 #87E255

split-complementary

#55CEE2 #E25587 #E2AF55

monochromatic

#1B8EA1 #24BCD5 #55CEE2 #89DDEB #BEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#55CEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#55CEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEE2

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEE2	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.110 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ddeb',
    500: '#55cee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cee2;
$custom-light: #93ddeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.511,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79111,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEE2

secondary

#A44737

accent

#2E13D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEE2

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

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