#55D6EC#55D6EC

#55D6EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.116 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D6EC
RGB	rgb(85, 214, 236)
HSL	hsl(189, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 9.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -28.70, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 35.74, 216.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0993 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.116 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9269, 56.0759, 87.9020)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D6EC #EC6B55

analogous

#55ECB7 #55D6EC #558AEC

triadic

#55D6EC #EC55D6 #D6EC55

tetradic

#55D6EC #B755EC #EC6B55 #8AEC55

square

#55D6EC #B755EC #EC6B55 #8AEC55

split-complementary

#55D6EC #EC558A #ECB755

monochromatic

#149CB3 #1EC9E6 #55D6EC #8CE3F2 #C3F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#55D6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D6EC

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D6EC	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 214, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.116 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3f2',
    500: '#55d6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d6ec;
$custom-light: #95e3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.742,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81345,
    "c": 0.11561,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D6EC

secondary

#B34533

accent

#2809DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D6EC

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

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