#55D4E8#55D4E8

#55D4E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.114 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4E8
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 232)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 8.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -28.88, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 35.27, 215.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.0989 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.114 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8492, 54.8400, 84.7079)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4E8 #E86955

analogous

#55E8B2 #55D4E8 #558BE8

triadic

#55D4E8 #E855D4 #D4E855

tetradic

#55D4E8 #B255E8 #E86955 #8BE855

square

#55D4E8 #B255E8 #E86955 #8BE855

split-complementary

#55D4E8 #E8558B #E8B255

monochromatic

#1797AB #1FC6E1 #55D4E8 #8BE2EF #C1EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#55D4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#55D4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4E8

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4E8	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.114 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1ef',
    500: '#55d4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4e8;
$custom-light: #94e1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.163,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80731,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4E8

secondary

#AD4535

accent

#290DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4E8

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

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