#55D7E9#55D7E9

#55D7E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.115 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D7E9
RGB	rgb(85, 215, 233)
HSL	hsl(187, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -30.05, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 35.77, 212.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.1015 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.115 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7485, 56.4107, 85.7104)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D7E9 #E96755

analogous

#55E9B1 #55D7E9 #558DE9

triadic

#55D7E9 #E955D7 #D7E955

tetradic

#55D7E9 #B155E9 #E96755 #8DE955

square

#55D7E9 #B155E9 #E96755 #8DE955

split-complementary

#55D7E9 #E9558D #E9B155

monochromatic

#169BAD #1FCAE2 #55D7E9 #8BE4F0 #C1F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#55D7E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#55D7E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D7E9

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D7E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D7E9	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d7e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 215, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.115 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3f0',
    500: '#55d7e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d7e9;
$custom-light: #95e3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d7e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.297,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81465,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D7E9

secondary

#AE4334

accent

#250CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D7E9

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

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