#55D7EB#55D7EB

#55D7EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.116 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D7EB
RGB	rgb(85, 215, 235)
HSL	hsl(188, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -29.47, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 35.83, 214.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.1007 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.116 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0358, 56.5257, 87.2236)
Luminance	0.5653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D7EB #EB6955

analogous

#55EBB4 #55D7EB #558CEB

triadic

#55D7EB #EB55D7 #D7EB55

tetradic

#55D7EB #B455EB #EB6955 #8CEB55

square

#55D7EB #B455EB #EB6955 #8CEB55

split-complementary

#55D7EB #EB558C #EBB455

monochromatic

#159CB1 #1ECAE5 #55D7EB #8CE4F1 #C3F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#55D7EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#55D7EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D7EB

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D7EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D7EB	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d7eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 215, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.116 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3f1',
    500: '#55d7eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d7eb;
$custom-light: #95e3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d7eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81539,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D7EB

secondary

#B14433

accent

#260ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D7EB

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

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