#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
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 227)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -29.83, -18.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 34.97, 211.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0999 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.112 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8999, 54.0615, 80.9376)
Luminance	0.5407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##55D3E3	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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