#55D0E5#55D0E5

#55D0E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.112 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D0E5
RGB	rgb(85, 208, 229)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -27.80, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 34.56, 216.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.096 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.112 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4392, 52.6959, 82.1537)
Luminance	0.5270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D0E5 #E56A55

analogous

#55E5B2 #55D0E5 #5588E5

triadic

#55D0E5 #E555D0 #D0E555

tetradic

#55D0E5 #B255E5 #E56A55 #88E555

square

#55D0E5 #B255E5 #E56A55 #88E555

split-complementary

#55D0E5 #E55588 #E5B255

monochromatic

#1992A6 #22C0DB #55D0E5 #8ADFED #BFEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#55D0E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#55D0E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D0E5

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D0E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D0E5	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 208, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.112 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94deed',
    500: '#55d0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d0e5;
$custom-light: #94deed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.75,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79689,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D0E5

secondary

#A84736

accent

#2D10D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D0E5

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

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