#55D5ED#55D5ED

#55D5ED is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.116 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5ED
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 237)
HSL	hsl(189, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -27.92, -22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 35.68, 218.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0979 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.116 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8203, 55.6296, 88.5852)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5ED #ED6D55

analogous

#55EDB9 #55D5ED #5589ED

triadic

#55D5ED #ED55D5 #D5ED55

tetradic

#55D5ED #B955ED #ED6D55 #89ED55

square

#55D5ED #B955ED #ED6D55 #89ED55

split-complementary

#55D5ED #ED5589 #EDB955

monochromatic

#139BB4 #1EC7E7 #55D5ED #8CE3F3 #C4F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#55D5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#55D5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5ED

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5ED	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.116 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2f2',
    500: '#55d5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5ed;
$custom-light: #95e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81151,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5ED

secondary

#B44732

accent

#2A08DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5ED

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

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