#55D3E9#55D3E9

#55D3E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.114 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D3E9
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 233)
HSL	hsl(189, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -28.10, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 35.18, 216.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0975 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.114 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7424, 54.3985, 85.3751)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D3E9 #E96B55

analogous

#55E9B5 #55D3E9 #5589E9

triadic

#55D3E9 #E955D3 #D3E955

tetradic

#55D3E9 #B555E9 #E96B55 #89E955

square

#55D3E9 #B555E9 #E96B55 #89E955

split-complementary

#55D3E9 #E95589 #E9B555

monochromatic

#1697AD #1FC5E2 #55D3E9 #8BE1F0 #C1EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#55D3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#55D3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3E9

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D3E9	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CCEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.114 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e0f0',
    500: '#55d3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d3e9;
$custom-light: #95e0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.919,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80536,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D3E9

secondary

#AE4634

accent

#2B0CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3E9

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

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