#55D4E3#55D4E3

#55D4E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.112 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4E3
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 227)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 6.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -30.32, -17.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 35.16, 210.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.1009 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.112 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1491, 54.5599, 81.0207)
Luminance	0.5456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4E3 #E36455

analogous

#55E3AB #55D4E3 #558DE3

triadic

#55D4E3 #E355D4 #D4E355

tetradic

#55D4E3 #AB55E3 #E36455 #8DE355

square

#55D4E3 #AB55E3 #E36455 #8DE355

split-complementary

#55D4E3 #E3558D #E3AB55

monochromatic

#1B94A3 #23C4D7 #55D4E3 #8AE1EC #BEEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#55D4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4E3

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4E3	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.112 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1eb',
    500: '#55d4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4e3;
$custom-light: #94e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.338,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80547,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4E3

secondary

#A54337

accent

#2612D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4E3

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

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