#55D7ED#55D7ED

#55D7ED is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.116 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D7ED
RGB	rgb(85, 215, 237)
HSL	hsl(189, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 9.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -28.89, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 35.92, 216.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0999 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.116 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3264, 56.6419, 88.7539)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D7ED #ED6B55

analogous

#55EDB7 #55D7ED #558BED

triadic

#55D7ED #ED55D7 #D7ED55

tetradic

#55D7ED #B755ED #ED6B55 #8BED55

square

#55D7ED #B755ED #ED6B55 #8BED55

split-complementary

#55D7ED #ED558B #EDB755

monochromatic

#139DB4 #1ECAE7 #55D7ED #8CE4F3 #C4F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#55D7ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#55D7ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D7ED

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D7ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D7ED	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d7ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 215, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.116 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3f2',
    500: '#55d7ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d7ed;
$custom-light: #95e3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d7ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.684,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81614,
    "c": 0.1162,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D7ED

secondary

#B44532

accent

#2708DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D7ED

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

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