#55D4EC#55D4EC

#55D4EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.115 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D4EC
RGB	rgb(85, 212, 236)
HSL	hsl(190, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 10.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -27.72, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 35.50, 218.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0973 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.115 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4238, 55.0698, 87.7343)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D4EC #EC6D55

analogous

#55ECB8 #55D4EC #5589EC

triadic

#55D4EC #EC55D4 #D4EC55

tetradic

#55D4EC #B855EC #EC6D55 #89EC55

square

#55D4EC #B855EC #EC6D55 #89EC55

split-complementary

#55D4EC #EC5589 #ECB855

monochromatic

#1499B3 #1EC6E6 #55D4EC #8CE2F2 #C3F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#55D4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#55D4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D4EC

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D4EC	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 212, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.115 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e1f2',
    500: '#55d4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d4ec;
$custom-light: #95e1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.536,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80882,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D4EC

secondary

#B34733

accent

#2B09DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D4EC

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

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