#55CFE6#55CFE6

#55CFE6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.112 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CFE6
RGB	rgb(85, 207, 230)
HSL	hsl(190, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 10%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -27.02, -21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 34.50, 218.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0946 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.112 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3361, 52.2658, 82.8101)
Luminance	0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CFE6 #E66C55

analogous

#55E6B4 #55CFE6 #5587E6

triadic

#55CFE6 #E655CF #CFE655

tetradic

#55CFE6 #B455E6 #E66C55 #87E655

square

#55CFE6 #B455E6 #E66C55 #87E655

split-complementary

#55CFE6 #E65587 #E6B455

monochromatic

#1991A8 #21BFDD #55CFE6 #8ADEEE #C0EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#55CFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#55CFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CFE6

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CFE6	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cfe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 207, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.112 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94deee',
    500: '#55cfe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cfe6;
$custom-light: #94deee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cfe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.517,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79495,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CFE6

secondary

#AA4836

accent

#2F0FD6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CFE6

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

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