#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
RGB	rgb(85, 207, 229)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -27.31, -20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 34.43, 217.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.095 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.111 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1961, 52.2098, 82.0727)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##55CFE5	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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