#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
RGB	rgb(85, 209, 233)
HSL	hsl(190, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 10.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -27.12, -22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 34.95, 219.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0955 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.113 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2487, 53.4110, 85.2105)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##55D1E9	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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