#55D5EC#55D5EC

#55D5EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.115 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5EC
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 236)
HSL	hsl(189, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -28.21, -21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 35.61, 217.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.0983 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.115 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6746, 55.5713, 87.8179)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5EC #EC6C55

analogous

#55ECB7 #55D5EC #5589EC

triadic

#55D5EC #EC55D5 #D5EC55

tetradic

#55D5EC #B755EC #EC6C55 #89EC55

square

#55D5EC #B755EC #EC6C55 #89EC55

split-complementary

#55D5EC #EC5589 #ECB755

monochromatic

#149AB3 #1EC7E6 #55D5EC #8CE3F2 #C3F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#55D5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#55D5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5EC

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5EC	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.115 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2f2',
    500: '#55d5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5ec;
$custom-light: #95e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.139,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81113,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5EC

secondary

#B34633

accent

#2909DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5EC

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

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