#55D0E8#55D0E8

#55D0E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.113 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D0E8
RGB	rgb(85, 208, 232)
HSL	hsl(190, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 10.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -26.92, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 34.76, 219.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0948 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.113 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8616, 52.8649, 84.3788)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D0E8 #E86D55

analogous

#55E8B7 #55D0E8 #5587E8

triadic

#55D0E8 #E855D0 #D0E855

tetradic

#55D0E8 #B755E8 #E86D55 #87E855

square

#55D0E8 #B755E8 #E86D55 #87E855

split-complementary

#55D0E8 #E85587 #E8B755

monochromatic

#1793AB #1FC1E1 #55D0E8 #8BDFEF #C1EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#55D0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#55D0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D0E8

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D0E8	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 208, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.113 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94deef',
    500: '#55d0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d0e8;
$custom-light: #94deef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.796,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79803,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D0E8

secondary

#AD4835

accent

#2E0DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D0E8

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

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