#55D7E3#55D7E3

#55D7E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.114 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D7E3
RGB	rgb(85, 215, 227)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -31.76, -16.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 35.79, 207.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.1039 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.114 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9060, 56.0737, 81.2730)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D7E3 #E36155

analogous

#55E3A8 #55D7E3 #5590E3

triadic

#55D7E3 #E355D7 #D7E355

tetradic

#55D7E3 #A855E3 #E36155 #90E355

square

#55D7E3 #A855E3 #E36155 #90E355

split-complementary

#55D7E3 #E35590 #E3A855

monochromatic

#1B97A3 #23C8D7 #55D7E3 #8AE3EC #BEF0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D7E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#55D7E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D7E3

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D7E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D7E3	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)

#C7CFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d7e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 215, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.114 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3eb',
    500: '#55d7e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d7e3;
$custom-light: #94e3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d7e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.07,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81247,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D7E3

secondary

#A54037

accent

#2212D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D7E3

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

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