#55CFE3#55CFE3

#55CFE3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.111 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CFE3
RGB	rgb(85, 207, 227)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 8.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -27.89, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 34.32, 215.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0958 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.111 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9185, 52.0988, 80.6105)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CFE3 #E36955

analogous

#55E3B0 #55CFE3 #5588E3

triadic

#55CFE3 #E355CF #CFE355

tetradic

#55CFE3 #B055E3 #E36955 #88E355

square

#55CFE3 #B055E3 #E36955 #88E355

split-complementary

#55CFE3 #E35588 #E3B055

monochromatic

#1B90A3 #23BED7 #55CFE3 #8ADEEC #BEEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#55CFE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#55CFE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CFE3

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CFE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CFE3	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cfe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 207, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.111 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94deeb',
    500: '#55cfe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cfe3;
$custom-light: #94deeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cfe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.451,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79381,
    "c": 0.11071,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CFE3

secondary

#A54637

accent

#2D12D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CFE3

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

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