#55D6EE#55D6EE

#55D6EE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.116 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D6EE
RGB	rgb(85, 214, 238)
HSL	hsl(189, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 10.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -28.11, -22.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 35.86, 218.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0986 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.116 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2191, 56.1928, 89.4409)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D6EE #EE6D55

analogous

#55EEB9 #55D6EE #5589EE

triadic

#55D6EE #EE55D6 #D6EE55

tetradic

#55D6EE #B955EE #EE6D55 #89EE55

square

#55D6EE #B955EE #EE6D55 #89EE55

split-complementary

#55D6EE #EE5589 #EEB955

monochromatic

#129DB6 #1DC9E8 #55D6EE #8DE3F4 #C4F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#55D6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D6EE

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D6EE	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 214, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.116 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3f3',
    500: '#55d6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d6ee;
$custom-light: #95e3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.412,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8142,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D6EE

secondary

#B64631

accent

#2907DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D6EE

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

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