#55D3EB#55D3EB

#55D3EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.115 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D3EB
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 235)
HSL	hsl(190, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -27.52, -22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 35.31, 218.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0967 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.115 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0297, 54.5135, 86.8883)
Luminance	0.5452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D3EB #EB6D55

analogous

#55EBB8 #55D3EB #5588EB

triadic

#55D3EB #EB55D3 #D3EB55

tetradic

#55D3EB #B855EB #EB6D55 #88EB55

square

#55D3EB #B855EB #EB6D55 #88EB55

split-complementary

#55D3EB #EB5588 #EBB855

monochromatic

#1598B1 #1EC5E5 #55D3EB #8CE1F1 #C3EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#55D3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3EB

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D3EB	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.115 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e0f1',
    500: '#55d3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d3eb;
$custom-light: #95e0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80612,
    "c": 0.11459,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D3EB

secondary

#B14733

accent

#2C0ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3EB

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

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