#55D6ED#55D6ED

#55D6ED is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.116 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D6ED
RGB	rgb(85, 214, 237)
HSL	hsl(189, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -28.40, -21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 35.80, 217.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0989 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.116 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0726, 56.1342, 88.6693)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D6ED #ED6C55

analogous

#55EDB8 #55D6ED #558AED

triadic

#55D6ED #ED55D6 #D6ED55

tetradic

#55D6ED #B855ED #ED6C55 #8AED55

square

#55D6ED #B855ED #ED6C55 #8AED55

split-complementary

#55D6ED #ED558A #EDB855

monochromatic

#139CB4 #1EC9E7 #55D6ED #8CE3F3 #C4F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#55D6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D6ED

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D6ED	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 214, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.116 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3f2',
    500: '#55d6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d6ed;
$custom-light: #95e3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.079,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81382,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D6ED

secondary

#B44632

accent

#2908DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D6ED

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

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