#55CEE5#55CEE5

#55CEE5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.111 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEE5
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 229)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 10%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -26.81, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 34.31, 218.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.094 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.111 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9546, 51.7268, 81.9922)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEE5 #E56C55

analogous

#55E5B4 #55CEE5 #5586E5

triadic

#55CEE5 #E555CE #CEE555

tetradic

#55CEE5 #B455E5 #E56C55 #86E555

square

#55CEE5 #B455E5 #E56C55 #86E555

split-complementary

#55CEE5 #E55586 #E5B455

monochromatic

#1990A6 #22BEDB #55CEE5 #8ADDED #BFEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#55CEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#55CEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEE5

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEE5	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.111 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dded',
    500: '#55cee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cee5;
$custom-light: #94dded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.583,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79224,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEE5

secondary

#A84836

accent

#2F10D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEE5

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

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