#55D2E7#55D2E7

#55D2E7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.113 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D2E7
RGB	rgb(85, 210, 231)
HSL	hsl(189, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 9.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -28.20, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 34.94, 216.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.0973 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.113 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2107, 53.7896, 83.7964)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D2E7 #E76A55

analogous

#55E7B3 #55D2E7 #5589E7

triadic

#55D2E7 #E755D2 #D2E755

tetradic

#55D2E7 #B355E7 #E76A55 #89E755

square

#55D2E7 #B355E7 #E76A55 #89E755

split-complementary

#55D2E7 #E75589 #E7B355

monochromatic

#1895AA #20C4DF #55D2E7 #8BE0EF #C0EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#55D2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#55D2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D2E7

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D2E7	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CBE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBBE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 210, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.113 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e0ee',
    500: '#55d2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d2e7;
$custom-light: #94e0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.63,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80229,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D2E7

secondary

#AB4635

accent

#2B0ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D2E7

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

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