#55D7EC#55D7EC

#55D7EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.116 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D7EC
RGB	rgb(85, 215, 236)
HSL	hsl(188, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -29.18, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 35.87, 215.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.1003 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.116 210)
XYZ	xyz(43.1807, 56.5836, 87.9866)
Luminance	0.5659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D7EC #EC6A55

analogous

#55ECB5 #55D7EC #558CEC

triadic

#55D7EC #EC55D7 #D7EC55

tetradic

#55D7EC #B555EC #EC6A55 #8CEC55

square

#55D7EC #B555EC #EC6A55 #8CEC55

split-complementary

#55D7EC #EC558C #ECB555

monochromatic

#149DB3 #1ECAE6 #55D7EC #8CE4F2 #C3F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#55D7EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#55D7EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D7EC

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D7EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D7EC	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d7ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 215, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.116 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3f2',
    500: '#55d7ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d7ec;
$custom-light: #95e3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d7ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.344,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81576,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.56588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D7EC

secondary

#B34433

accent

#2709DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D7EC

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

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