#55D4EB#55D4EB

#55D4EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.115 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4EB
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 235)
HSL	hsl(189, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -28.01, -21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 35.43, 217.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0977 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.115 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2789, 55.0119, 86.9713)
Luminance	0.5502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4EB #EB6C55

analogous

#55EBB7 #55D4EB #5589EB

triadic

#55D4EB #EB55D4 #D4EB55

tetradic

#55D4EB #B755EB #EB6C55 #89EB55

square

#55D4EB #B755EB #EB6C55 #89EB55

split-complementary

#55D4EB #EB5589 #EBB755

monochromatic

#1599B1 #1EC6E5 #55D4EB #8CE2F1 #C3F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#55D4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#55D4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4EB

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4EB	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.115 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e1f1',
    500: '#55d4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4eb;
$custom-light: #95e1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.2,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80844,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4EB

secondary

#B14633

accent

#2A0ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4EB

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

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