#55D7EE#55D7EE

#55D7EE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.117 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D7EE
RGB	rgb(85, 215, 238)
HSL	hsl(189, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 9.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -28.60, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 35.98, 217.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0996 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.117 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4729, 56.7005, 89.5255)
Luminance	0.5671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D7EE #EE6C55

analogous

#55EEB9 #55D7EE #558AEE

triadic

#55D7EE #EE55D7 #D7EE55

tetradic

#55D7EE #B955EE #EE6C55 #8AEE55

square

#55D7EE #B955EE #EE6C55 #8AEE55

split-complementary

#55D7EE #EE558A #EEB955

monochromatic

#129EB6 #1DCAE8 #55D7EE #8DE4F4 #C4F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#55D7EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#55D7EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D7EE

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D7EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D7EE	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d7ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 215, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.117 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3f3',
    500: '#55d7ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d7ee;
$custom-light: #95e3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d7ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.02,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81651,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D7EE

secondary

#B64531

accent

#2807DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D7EE

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

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