#55D6EA#55D6EA

#55D6EA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.115 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D6EA
RGB	rgb(85, 214, 234)
HSL	hsl(188, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 8.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -29.27, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 35.64, 214.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.1001 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.115 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6379, 55.9603, 86.3803)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D6EA #EA6955

analogous

#55EAB4 #55D6EA #558BEA

triadic

#55D6EA #EA55D6 #D6EA55

tetradic

#55D6EA #B455EA #EA6955 #8BEA55

square

#55D6EA #B455EA #EA6955 #8BEA55

split-complementary

#55D6EA #EA558B #EAB455

monochromatic

#169AAF #1FC9E3 #55D6EA #8BE3F1 #C2F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#55D6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D6EA

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D6EA	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 214, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.115 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3f0',
    500: '#55d6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d6ea;
$custom-light: #95e3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.054,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8127,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D6EA

secondary

#B04434

accent

#270BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D6EA

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

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