#55D3E3#55D3E3

#55D3E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.112 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55D3E3
RGBrgb(85, 211, 227)
HSLhsl(187, 72%, 61%)
HSVhsv(187, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(62.6%, 7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(78.50, -29.83, -18.25)
CIE-LCHlch(78.50, 34.97, 211.45°)
OKLaboklab(80.31% -0.0999 -0.0506)
OKLCHoklch(80.31% 0.112 206.9)
XYZxyz(40.8999, 54.0615, 80.9376)
Luminance0.5407 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55D3E3 #E36555
analogous
#55E3AC #55D3E3 #558CE3
triadic
#55D3E3 #E355D3 #D3E355
tetradic
#55D3E3 #AC55E3 #E36555 #8CE355
square
#55D3E3 #AC55E3 #E36555 #8CE355
split-complementary
#55D3E3 #E3558C #E3AC55
monochromatic
#1B93A3 #23C3D7 #55D3E3 #8AE1EC #BEEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78
#55D3E3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81
#55D3E3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3E3
11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55D3E3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55D3E31.001.7811.8111.81
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8121.001.001.00
##00000011.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2CBE4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ADBCE3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DCD8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55d3e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.112 206.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1eb',
    500: '#55d3e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55d3e3;
$custom-light: #94e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55d3e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.761,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80314,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55D3E3
secondary
#A54337
accent
#2812D4
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFD
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3E3

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#55D3E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva