#55D7EF#55D7EF

#55D7EF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.117 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D7EF
RGB	rgb(85, 215, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 10%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -28.31, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 36.05, 218.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0992 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.117 212)
XYZ	xyz(43.6202, 56.7594, 90.3014)
Luminance	0.5676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D7EF #EF6D55

analogous

#55EFBA #55D7EF #558AEF

triadic

#55D7EF #EF55D7 #D7EF55

tetradic

#55D7EF #BA55EF #EF6D55 #8AEF55

square

#55D7EF #BA55EF #EF6D55 #8AEF55

split-complementary

#55D7EF #EF558A #EFBA55

monochromatic

#119EB8 #1DCAEA #55D7EF #8DE4F4 #C5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#55D7EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#55D7EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D7EF

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D7EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D7EF	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 215, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.117 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3f4',
    500: '#55d7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d7ef;
$custom-light: #95e3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.351,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81689,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.56764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D7EF

secondary

#B74631

accent

#2806DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D7EF

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

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