#55D5E7#55D5E7

#55D5E7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.114 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5E7
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 231)
HSL	hsl(187, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -29.65, -19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 35.39, 213.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.1003 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.114 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9583, 55.2848, 84.0456)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5E7 #E76755

analogous

#55E7B0 #55D5E7 #558CE7

triadic

#55D5E7 #E755D5 #D5E755

tetradic

#55D5E7 #B055E7 #E76755 #8CE755

square

#55D5E7 #B055E7 #E76755 #8CE755

split-complementary

#55D5E7 #E7558C #E7B055

monochromatic

#1898AA #20C8DF #55D5E7 #8BE2EF #C0EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#55D5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#55D5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5E7

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5E7	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CDE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBDE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.114 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2ee',
    500: '#55d5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5e7;
$custom-light: #94e2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.397,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80926,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5E7

secondary

#AB4435

accent

#270ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5E7

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

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