#55D3E5#55D3E5

#55D3E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.113 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D3E5
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 229)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 7.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -29.26, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 35.01, 213.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0991 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.113 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1775, 54.1726, 82.3998)
Luminance	0.5418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D3E5 #E56755

analogous

#55E5AF #55D3E5 #558BE5

triadic

#55D3E5 #E555D3 #D3E555

tetradic

#55D3E5 #AF55E5 #E56755 #8BE555

square

#55D3E5 #AF55E5 #E56755 #8BE555

split-complementary

#55D3E5 #E5558B #E5AF55

monochromatic

#1995A6 #22C4DB #55D3E5 #8AE1ED #BFEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#55D3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#55D3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3E5

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D3E5	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.113 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1ed',
    500: '#55d3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d3e5;
$custom-light: #94e1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80387,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D3E5

secondary

#A84436

accent

#2910D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3E5

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

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