#55CFE4#55CFE4

#55CFE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.111 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CFE4
RGB	rgb(85, 207, 228)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -27.60, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 34.37, 216.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0954 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.111 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0569, 52.1541, 81.3394)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CFE4 #E46A55

analogous

#55E4B2 #55CFE4 #5588E4

triadic

#55CFE4 #E455CF #CFE455

tetradic

#55CFE4 #B255E4 #E46A55 #88E455

square

#55CFE4 #B255E4 #E46A55 #88E455

split-complementary

#55CFE4 #E45588 #E4B255

monochromatic

#1A90A4 #23BED9 #55CFE4 #8ADEEC #BFEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#55CFE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#55CFE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CFE4

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CFE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CFE4	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cfe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 207, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.111 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94deec',
    500: '#55cfe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cfe4;
$custom-light: #94deec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cfe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.811,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79419,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CFE4

secondary

#A74736

accent

#2E11D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CFE4

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

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