#55D4E6#55D4E6

#55D4E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.113 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4E6
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 230)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 7.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -29.46, -19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 35.20, 213.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0997 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.113 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5667, 54.7270, 83.2203)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4E6 #E66755

analogous

#55E6AF #55D4E6 #558CE6

triadic

#55D4E6 #E655D4 #D4E655

tetradic

#55D4E6 #AF55E6 #E66755 #8CE655

square

#55D4E6 #AF55E6 #E66755 #8CE655

split-complementary

#55D4E6 #E6558C #E6AF55

monochromatic

#1996A8 #21C6DD #55D4E6 #8AE1EE #C0EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#55D4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4E6

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4E6	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.113 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1ee',
    500: '#55d4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4e6;
$custom-light: #94e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.448,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80657,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4E6

secondary

#AA4436

accent

#280FD6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4E6

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

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