#55D2E9#55D2E9

#55D2E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.114 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D2E9
RGB	rgb(85, 210, 233)
HSL	hsl(189, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 9.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -27.61, -21.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 35.06, 218.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0965 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.114 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4948, 53.9032, 85.2925)
Luminance	0.5391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D2E9 #E96C55

analogous

#55E9B6 #55D2E9 #5588E9

triadic

#55D2E9 #E955D2 #D2E955

tetradic

#55D2E9 #B655E9 #E96C55 #88E955

square

#55D2E9 #B655E9 #E96C55 #88E955

split-complementary

#55D2E9 #E95588 #E9B655

monochromatic

#1696AD #1FC4E2 #55D2E9 #8BE0F0 #C1EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#55D2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#55D2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D2E9

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D2E9	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABBE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 210, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.114 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e0f0',
    500: '#55d2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d2e9;
$custom-light: #94e0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.324,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80305,
    "c": 0.11361,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D2E9

secondary

#AE4734

accent

#2C0CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D2E9

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

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