#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
RGB	rgb(85, 210, 232)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -27.91, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 34.99, 217.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0969 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.113 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3523, 53.8462, 84.5423)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##55D2E8	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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