#55D3EC#55D3EC

#55D3EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.115 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D3EC
RGB	rgb(85, 211, 236)
HSL	hsl(190, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 10.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -27.23, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 35.39, 219.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0963 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.115 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1746, 54.5714, 87.6513)
Luminance	0.5458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D3EC #EC6E55

analogous

#55ECBA #55D3EC #5587EC

triadic

#55D3EC #EC55D3 #D3EC55

tetradic

#55D3EC #BA55EC #EC6E55 #87EC55

square

#55D3EC #BA55EC #EC6E55 #87EC55

split-complementary

#55D3EC #EC5587 #ECBA55

monochromatic

#1498B3 #1EC5E6 #55D3EC #8CE1F2 #C3EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#55D3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D3EC

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D3EC	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 211, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.115 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e0f2',
    500: '#55d3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d3ec;
$custom-light: #95e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.934,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8065,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D3EC

secondary

#B34833

accent

#2C09DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D3EC

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

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