#55D4E5#55D4E5

#55D4E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.113 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4E5
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -29.74, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 35.18, 212.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.1001 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.113 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4267, 54.6710, 82.4829)
Luminance	0.5467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4E5 #E56655

analogous

#55E5AE #55D4E5 #558CE5

triadic

#55D4E5 #E555D4 #D4E555

tetradic

#55D4E5 #AE55E5 #E56655 #8CE555

square

#55D4E5 #AE55E5 #E56655 #8CE555

split-complementary

#55D4E5 #E5558C #E5AE55

monochromatic

#1996A6 #22C5DB #55D4E5 #8AE1ED #BFEFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#55D4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4E5

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4E5	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.113 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1ed',
    500: '#55d4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4e5;
$custom-light: #94e1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.083,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8062,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4E5

secondary

#A84336

accent

#2710D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4E5

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

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