#55CEE4#55CEE4

#55CEE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.111 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEE4
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 228)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -27.11, -20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 34.24, 217.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0944 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.111 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8154, 51.6711, 81.2589)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEE4 #E46B55

analogous

#55E4B3 #55CEE4 #5587E4

triadic

#55CEE4 #E455CE #CEE455

tetradic

#55CEE4 #B355E4 #E46B55 #87E455

square

#55CEE4 #B355E4 #E46B55 #87E455

split-complementary

#55CEE4 #E45587 #E4B355

monochromatic

#1A8FA4 #23BDD9 #55CEE4 #8ADDEC #BFECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#55CEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#55CEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEE4

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEE4	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.111 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ddec',
    500: '#55cee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cee4;
$custom-light: #94ddec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79186,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEE4

secondary

#A74836

accent

#2F11D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEE4

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

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