#55CFE5#55CFE5

#55CFE5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.111 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55CFE5
RGBrgb(85, 207, 229)
HSLhsl(189, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(189, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.41, -27.31, -20.97)
CIE-LCHlch(77.41, 34.43, 217.52°)
OKLaboklab(79.46% -0.095 -0.0582)
OKLCHoklch(79.46% 0.111 211.5)
XYZxyz(40.1961, 52.2098, 82.0727)
Luminance0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55CFE5 #E56B55
analogous
#55E5B3 #55CFE5 #5587E5
triadic
#55CFE5 #E555CF #CFE555
tetradic
#55CFE5 #B355E5 #E56B55 #87E555
square
#55CFE5 #B355E5 #E56B55 #87E555
split-complementary
#55CFE5 #E55587 #E5B355
monochromatic
#1991A6 #22BFDB #55CFE5 #8ADEED #BFEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84
#55CFE5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44
#55CFE5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CFE5
11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55CFE5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55CFE51.001.8411.4411.44
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4421.001.001.00
##00000011.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDC8E6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A8B8E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8D6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55cfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 207, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.111 211.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94deed',
    500: '#55cfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55cfe5;
$custom-light: #94deed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55cfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79457,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55CFE5
secondary
#A84736
accent
#2E10D6
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFD
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CFE5

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#55CFE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva