#55D0E3#55D0E3

#55D0E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.111 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D0E3
RGB	rgb(85, 208, 227)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -28.38, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 34.46, 214.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0968 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.111 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1615, 52.5848, 80.6915)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D0E3 #E36855

analogous

#55E3AF #55D0E3 #5589E3

triadic

#55D0E3 #E355D0 #D0E355

tetradic

#55D0E3 #AF55E3 #E36855 #89E355

square

#55D0E3 #AF55E3 #E36855 #89E355

split-complementary

#55D0E3 #E35589 #E3AF55

monochromatic

#1B91A3 #23BFD7 #55D0E3 #8ADFEC #BEEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#55D0E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#55D0E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D0E3

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D0E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D0E3	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d0e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 208, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.111 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94deeb',
    500: '#55d0e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d0e3;
$custom-light: #94deeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d0e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.028,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79614,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D0E3

secondary

#A54637

accent

#2C12D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D0E3

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

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