#55D7E6#55D7E6

#55D7E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.114 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D7E6
RGB	rgb(85, 215, 230)
HSL	hsl(186, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 6.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -30.90, -17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 35.74, 210.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.1027 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.114 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3236, 56.2408, 83.4726)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D7E6 #E66455

analogous

#55E6AD #55D7E6 #558FE6

triadic

#55D7E6 #E655D7 #D7E655

tetradic

#55D7E6 #AD55E6 #E66455 #8FE655

square

#55D7E6 #AD55E6 #E66455 #8FE655

split-complementary

#55D7E6 #E6558F #E6AD55

monochromatic

#1999A8 #21CADD #55D7E6 #8AE4EE #C0F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#55D7E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#55D7E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D7E6

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D7E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D7E6	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d7e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 215, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.114 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3ed',
    500: '#55d7e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d7e6;
$custom-light: #95e3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d7e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81356,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D7E6

secondary

#AA4236

accent

#240FD6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D7E6

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

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