#55D4E7#55D4E7

#55D4E7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.113 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4E7
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 231)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -29.17, -19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 35.23, 214.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0993 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.113 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7075, 54.7833, 83.9620)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4E7 #E76855

analogous

#55E7B1 #55D4E7 #558BE7

triadic

#55D4E7 #E755D4 #D4E755

tetradic

#55D4E7 #B155E7 #E76855 #8BE755

square

#55D4E7 #B155E7 #E76855 #8BE755

split-complementary

#55D4E7 #E7558B #E7B155

monochromatic

#1897AA #20C6DF #55D4E7 #8BE2EF #C0EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#55D4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#55D4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4E7

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4E7	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CDE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.113 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1ee',
    500: '#55d4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4e7;
$custom-light: #94e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.808,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80694,
    "c": 0.11342,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4E7

secondary

#AB4435

accent

#280ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4E7

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

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