#55D5E3#55D5E3

#55D5E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.113 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5E3
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 227)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 6.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -30.80, -17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 35.36, 209.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.1019 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.113 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3998, 55.0614, 81.1042)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5E3 #E36355

analogous

#55E3AA #55D5E3 #558EE3

triadic

#55D5E3 #E355D5 #D5E355

tetradic

#55D5E3 #AA55E3 #E36355 #8EE355

square

#55D5E3 #AA55E3 #E36355 #8EE355

split-complementary

#55D5E3 #E3558E #E3AA55

monochromatic

#1B95A3 #23C6D7 #55D5E3 #8AE2EC #BEEFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#55D5E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#55D5E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5E3

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5E3	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)

#C5CDE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.113 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2eb',
    500: '#55d5e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5e3;
$custom-light: #94e2eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.915,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8078,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5E3

secondary

#A54237

accent

#2512D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5E3

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

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