#55D1E5#55D1E5

#55D1E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.112 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D1E5
RGB	rgb(85, 209, 229)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -28.29, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 34.70, 215.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.097 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.112 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6837, 53.1850, 82.2352)
Luminance	0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D1E5 #E56955

analogous

#55E5B1 #55D1E5 #5589E5

triadic

#55D1E5 #E555D1 #D1E555

tetradic

#55D1E5 #B155E5 #E56955 #89E555

square

#55D1E5 #B155E5 #E56955 #89E555

split-complementary

#55D1E5 #E55589 #E5B155

monochromatic

#1993A6 #22C1DB #55D1E5 #8ADFED #BFEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#55D1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#55D1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D1E5

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D1E5	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 209, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.112 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dfed',
    500: '#55d1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d1e5;
$custom-light: #94dfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79922,
    "c": 0.11192,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D1E5

secondary

#A84636

accent

#2B10D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D1E5

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

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