#55D4E2#55D4E2

#55D4E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.112 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4E2
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(186, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -30.60, -17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 35.16, 209.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.1013 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.112 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0114, 54.5049, 80.2959)
Luminance	0.5451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4E2 #E26355

analogous

#55E2A9 #55D4E2 #558DE2

triadic

#55D4E2 #E255D4 #D4E255

tetradic

#55D4E2 #A955E2 #E26355 #8DE255

square

#55D4E2 #A955E2 #E26355 #8DE255

split-complementary

#55D4E2 #E2558D #E2A955

monochromatic

#1B94A1 #24C4D5 #55D4E2 #89E1EB #BEEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#55D4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4E2

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4E2	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)

#C4CCE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.112 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1eb',
    500: '#55d4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4e2;
$custom-light: #94e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.957,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80511,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4E2

secondary

#A44237

accent

#2613D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4E2

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

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