#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
RGBrgb(85, 213, 238)
HSLhsl(190, 82%, 63%)
HSVhsv(190, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(64.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(79.44, -27.62, -22.70)
CIE-LCHlch(79.44, 35.76, 219.42°)
OKLaboklab(81.19% -0.0975 -0.0631)
OKLCHoklch(81.19% 0.116 212.9)
XYZxyz(42.9668, 55.6882, 89.3568)
Luminance0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##55D5EE1.001.7312.1412.14
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1421.001.001.00
##00000012.1421.001.001.00

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

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#55D5EE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva