#55D2E8#55D2E8

#55D2E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.113 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55D2E8
RGBrgb(85, 210, 232)
HSLhsl(189, 76%, 62%)
HSVhsv(189, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(63.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.37, -27.91, -21.11)
CIE-LCHlch(78.37, 34.99, 217.11°)
OKLaboklab(80.27% -0.0969 -0.0586)
OKLCHoklch(80.27% 0.113 211.2)
XYZxyz(41.3523, 53.8462, 84.5423)
Luminance0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55D2E8 #E86B55
analogous
#55E8B5 #55D2E8 #5588E8
triadic
#55D2E8 #E855D2 #D2E855
tetradic
#55D2E8 #B555E8 #E86B55 #88E855
square
#55D2E8 #B555E8 #E86B55 #88E855
split-complementary
#55D2E8 #E85588 #E8B555
monochromatic
#1795AB #1FC4E1 #55D2E8 #8BE0EF #C1EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78
#55D2E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77
#55D2E8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D2E8
11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55D2E8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55D2E81.001.7811.7711.77
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7721.001.001.00
##00000011.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0CBE9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AABBE8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DBD9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55d2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 210, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.113 211.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e0ef',
    500: '#55d2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55d2e8;
$custom-light: #94e0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55d2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.98,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80267,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55D2E8
secondary
#AD4735
accent
#2C0DD8
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0F1516
muted
#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D2E8

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#55D2E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva