#55D2E6#55D2E6

#55D2E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.113 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D2E6
RGB	rgb(85, 210, 230)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 8.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -28.49, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 34.89, 215.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0977 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.113 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0699, 53.7333, 83.0547)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D2E6 #E66955

analogous

#55E6B2 #55D2E6 #558AE6

triadic

#55D2E6 #E655D2 #D2E655

tetradic

#55D2E6 #B255E6 #E66955 #8AE655

square

#55D2E6 #B255E6 #E66955 #8AE655

split-complementary

#55D2E6 #E6558A #E6B255

monochromatic

#1994A8 #21C3DD #55D2E6 #8AE0EE #C0EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#55D2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#55D2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D2E6

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D2E6	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBBE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 210, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.113 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e0ee',
    500: '#55d2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d2e6;
$custom-light: #94e0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.276,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80192,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D2E6

secondary

#AA4636

accent

#2B0FD6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D2E6

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

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