#55D4E4#55D4E4

#55D4E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.113 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4E4
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 228)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -30.03, -18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 35.17, 211.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.1005 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.113 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2875, 54.6153, 81.7496)
Luminance	0.5462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4E4 #E46555

analogous

#55E4AD #55D4E4 #558DE4

triadic

#55D4E4 #E455D4 #D4E455

tetradic

#55D4E4 #AD55E4 #E46555 #8DE455

square

#55D4E4 #AD55E4 #E46555 #8DE455

split-complementary

#55D4E4 #E4558D #E4AD55

monochromatic

#1A95A4 #23C5D9 #55D4E4 #8AE1EC #BFEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#55D4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4E4

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4E4	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)

#C3CCE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.113 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1ec',
    500: '#55d4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4e4;
$custom-light: #94e1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.713,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80583,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4E4

secondary

#A74336

accent

#2711D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4E4

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

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