#55D2E5#55D2E5

#55D2E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.112 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D2E5
RGB	rgb(85, 210, 229)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -28.77, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 34.85, 214.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0981 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.112 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9298, 53.6772, 82.3172)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D2E5 #E56855

analogous

#55E5B0 #55D2E5 #558AE5

triadic

#55D2E5 #E555D2 #D2E555

tetradic

#55D2E5 #B055E5 #E56855 #8AE555

square

#55D2E5 #B055E5 #E56855 #8AE555

split-complementary

#55D2E5 #E5558A #E5B055

monochromatic

#1994A6 #22C3DB #55D2E5 #8AE0ED #BFEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#55D2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#55D2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D2E5

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D2E5	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBBE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 210, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.112 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e0ed',
    500: '#55d2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d2e5;
$custom-light: #94e0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.917,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80154,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D2E5

secondary

#A84536

accent

#2A10D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D2E5

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

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