#55D5E8#55D5E8

#55D5E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.114 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5E8
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 232)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -29.37, -19.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 35.42, 213.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0999 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.114 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0999, 55.3415, 84.7915)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5E8 #E86855

analogous

#55E8B2 #55D5E8 #558CE8

triadic

#55D5E8 #E855D5 #D5E855

tetradic

#55D5E8 #B255E8 #E86855 #8CE855

square

#55D5E8 #B255E8 #E86855 #8CE855

split-complementary

#55D5E8 #E8558C #E8B255

monochromatic

#1798AB #1FC8E1 #55D5E8 #8BE2EF #C1F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#55D5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#55D5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5E8

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5E8	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBDE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.114 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2ef',
    500: '#55d5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5e8;
$custom-light: #95e2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.755,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80963,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5E8

secondary

#AD4435

accent

#270DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5E8

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

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