#55D6E8#55D6E8

#55D6E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.114 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D6E8
RGB	rgb(85, 214, 232)
HSL	hsl(187, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -29.85, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 35.58, 212.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.1009 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.114 208)
XYZ	xyz(42.3522, 55.8461, 84.8756)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D6E8 #E86755

analogous

#55E8B1 #55D6E8 #558DE8

triadic

#55D6E8 #E855D6 #D6E855

tetradic

#55D6E8 #B155E8 #E86755 #8DE855

square

#55D6E8 #B155E8 #E86755 #8DE855

split-complementary

#55D6E8 #E8558D #E8B155

monochromatic

#1799AB #1FC9E1 #55D6E8 #8BE3EF #C1F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#55D6E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#55D6E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D6E8

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D6E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D6E8	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d6e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 214, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.114 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3ef',
    500: '#55d6e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d6e8;
$custom-light: #95e3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d6e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81196,
    "c": 0.11432,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.55851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D6E8

secondary

#AD4335

accent

#260DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D6E8

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

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