#55D3E4#55D3E4

#55D3E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.112 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D3E4
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 228)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 7.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -29.55, -18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 34.99, 212.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0995 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.112 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0383, 54.1169, 81.6666)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D3E4 #E46655

analogous

#55E4AE #55D3E4 #558CE4

triadic

#55D3E4 #E455D3 #D3E455

tetradic

#55D3E4 #AE55E4 #E46655 #8CE455

square

#55D3E4 #AE55E4 #E46655 #8CE455

split-complementary

#55D3E4 #E4558C #E4AE55

monochromatic

#1A94A4 #23C4D9 #55D3E4 #8AE1EC #BFEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#55D3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#55D3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3E4

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D3E4	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.112 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1ec',
    500: '#55d3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d3e4;
$custom-light: #94e1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.133,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8035,
    "c": 0.11222,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D3E4

secondary

#A74436

accent

#2811D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3E4

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

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