#55D1E9#55D1E9

#55D1E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.113 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55D1E9
RGBrgb(85, 209, 233)
HSLhsl(190, 77%, 62%)
HSVhsv(190, 64%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(63.5%, 10.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(78.12, -27.12, -22.04)
CIE-LCHlch(78.12, 34.95, 219.09°)
OKLaboklab(80.07% -0.0955 -0.0612)
OKLCHoklch(80.07% 0.113 212.7)
XYZxyz(41.2487, 53.4110, 85.2105)
Luminance0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55D1E9 #E96D55
analogous
#55E9B7 #55D1E9 #5587E9
triadic
#55D1E9 #E955D1 #D1E955
tetradic
#55D1E9 #B755E9 #E96D55 #87E955
square
#55D1E9 #B755E9 #E96D55 #87E955
split-complementary
#55D1E9 #E95587 #E9B755
monochromatic
#1695AD #1FC2E2 #55D1E9 #8BE0F0 #C1EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80
#55D1E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68
#55D1E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D1E9
11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55D1E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55D1E91.001.8011.6811.68
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6821.001.001.00
##00000011.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFCAEA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9BAE9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DBD8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55d1e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 209, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.113 212.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dff0',
    500: '#55d1e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55d1e9;
$custom-light: #94dff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55d1e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.73,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80073,
    "c": 0.11342,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55D1E9
secondary
#AE4834
accent
#2D0CD9
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0F1516
muted
#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D1E9

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#55D1E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva