#55D5EE#55D5EE

#55D5EE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.116 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D5EE
RGB	rgb(85, 213, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -27.62, -22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 35.76, 219.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0975 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.116 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9668, 55.6882, 89.3568)
Luminance	0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D5EE #EE6E55

analogous

#55EEBA #55D5EE #5588EE

triadic

#55D5EE #EE55D5 #D5EE55

tetradic

#55D5EE #BA55EE #EE6E55 #88EE55

square

#55D5EE #BA55EE #EE6E55 #88EE55

split-complementary

#55D5EE #EE5588 #EEBA55

monochromatic

#129CB6 #1DC7E8 #55D5EE #8DE3F4 #C4F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#55D5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#55D5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D5EE

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D5EE	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 213, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.116 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2f3',
    500: '#55d5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d5ee;
$custom-light: #95e2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.804,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81189,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D5EE

secondary

#B64731

accent

#2A07DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D5EE

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

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