#55D5EA#55D5EA

#55D5EA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.115 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5EA
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 234)
HSL	hsl(188, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -28.79, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 35.50, 215.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0991 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.115 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3856, 55.4557, 86.2962)
Luminance	0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5EA #EA6A55

analogous

#55EAB4 #55D5EA #558BEA

triadic

#55D5EA #EA55D5 #D5EA55

tetradic

#55D5EA #B455EA #EA6A55 #8BEA55

square

#55D5EA #B455EA #EA6A55 #8BEA55

split-complementary

#55D5EA #EA558B #EAB455

monochromatic

#1699AF #1FC8E3 #55D5EA #8BE2F1 #C2F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#55D5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#55D5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5EA

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5EA	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.115 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2f0',
    500: '#55d5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5ea;
$custom-light: #95e2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.456,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81038,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5EA

secondary

#B04534

accent

#280BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5EA

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

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