#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
RGBrgb(85, 208, 227)
HSLhsl(188, 72%, 61%)
HSVhsv(188, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(62.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(77.63, -28.38, -19.56)
CIE-LCHlch(77.63, 34.46, 214.58°)
OKLaboklab(79.61% -0.0968 -0.0542)
OKLCHoklch(79.61% 0.111 209.3)
XYZxyz(40.1615, 52.5848, 80.6915)
Luminance0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##55D0E31.001.8211.5211.52
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5221.001.001.00
##00000011.5221.001.001.00

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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#55D0E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva