#55D3E7#55D3E7

#55D3E7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.113 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D3E7
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 231)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -28.68, -20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 35.08, 215.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0983 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.113 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4583, 54.2849, 83.8789)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D3E7 #E76955

analogous

#55E7B2 #55D3E7 #558AE7

triadic

#55D3E7 #E755D3 #D3E755

tetradic

#55D3E7 #B255E7 #E76955 #8AE755

square

#55D3E7 #B255E7 #E76955 #8AE755

split-complementary

#55D3E7 #E7558A #E7B255

monochromatic

#1896AA #20C5DF #55D3E7 #8BE1EF #C0EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#55D3E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#55D3E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3E7

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D3E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D3E7	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CCE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d3e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.113 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e0ee',
    500: '#55d3e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d3e7;
$custom-light: #94e0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d3e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.219,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80461,
    "c": 0.11313,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D3E7

secondary

#AB4535

accent

#2A0ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3E7

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

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