#55D5EB#55D5EB

#55D5EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.115 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5EB
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 235)
HSL	hsl(189, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -28.50, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 35.55, 216.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0987 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.115 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5297, 55.5134, 87.0549)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5EB #EB6B55

analogous

#55EBB6 #55D5EB #558AEB

triadic

#55D5EB #EB55D5 #D5EB55

tetradic

#55D5EB #B655EB #EB6B55 #8AEB55

square

#55D5EB #B655EB #EB6B55 #8AEB55

split-complementary

#55D5EB #EB558A #EBB655

monochromatic

#159AB1 #1EC7E5 #55D5EB #8CE3F1 #C3F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#55D5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#55D5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5EB

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5EB	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.115 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2f1',
    500: '#55d5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5eb;
$custom-light: #95e2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.8,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81075,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5EB

secondary

#B14633

accent

#290ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5EB

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

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