#55D4E9#55D4E9

#55D4E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.114 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4E9
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 233)
HSL	hsl(189, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -28.59, -20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 35.31, 215.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0985 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.114 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9916, 54.8969, 85.4581)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4E9 #E96A55

analogous

#55E9B4 #55D4E9 #558AE9

triadic

#55D4E9 #E955D4 #D4E955

tetradic

#55D4E9 #B455E9 #E96A55 #8AE955

square

#55D4E9 #B455E9 #E96A55 #8AE955

split-complementary

#55D4E9 #E9558A #E9B455

monochromatic

#1698AD #1FC6E2 #55D4E9 #8BE2F0 #C1EFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#55D4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#55D4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4E9

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4E9	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.114 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e1f0',
    500: '#55d4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4e9;
$custom-light: #95e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.514,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80768,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4E9

secondary

#AE4534

accent

#290CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4E9

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

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