#55D1E8#55D1E8

#55D1E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.113 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D1E8
RGB	rgb(85, 209, 232)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -27.42, -21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 34.87, 218.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0959 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.113 212)
XYZ	xyz(41.1062, 53.3540, 84.4603)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D1E8 #E86C55

analogous

#55E8B6 #55D1E8 #5587E8

triadic

#55D1E8 #E855D1 #D1E855

tetradic

#55D1E8 #B655E8 #E86C55 #87E855

square

#55D1E8 #B655E8 #E86C55 #87E855

split-complementary

#55D1E8 #E85587 #E8B655

monochromatic

#1794AB #1FC2E1 #55D1E8 #8BE0EF #C1EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#55D1E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#55D1E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D1E8

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D1E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D1E8	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d1e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 209, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.113 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dfef',
    500: '#55d1e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d1e8;
$custom-light: #94dfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d1e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.388,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80035,
    "c": 0.11301,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.53358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D1E8

secondary

#AD4735

accent

#2D0DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D1E8

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

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