#55D7E4#55D7E4

#55D7E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.114 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D7E4
RGB	rgb(85, 215, 228)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 5.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -31.47, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 35.76, 208.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.1035 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.114 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0444, 56.1291, 82.0019)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D7E4 #E46255

analogous

#55E4AA #55D7E4 #5590E4

triadic

#55D7E4 #E455D7 #D7E455

tetradic

#55D7E4 #AA55E4 #E46255 #90E455

square

#55D7E4 #AA55E4 #E46255 #90E455

split-complementary

#55D7E4 #E45590 #E4AA55

monochromatic

#1A98A4 #23C9D9 #55D7E4 #8AE3EC #BFF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#55D7E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#55D7E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D7E4

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D7E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D7E4	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)

#C7CFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d7e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 215, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.114 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e3ec',
    500: '#55d7e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d7e4;
$custom-light: #94e3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d7e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81283,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D7E4

secondary

#A74136

accent

#2311D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D7E4

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

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