#55D8E4#55D8E4

#55D8E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.114 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8E4
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 228)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -31.95, -16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 35.98, 207.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.1045 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.114 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.2998, 56.6399, 82.0871)
Luminance	0.5664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8E4 #E46155

analogous

#55E4A9 #55D8E4 #5591E4

triadic

#55D8E4 #E455D8 #D8E455

tetradic

#55D8E4 #A955E4 #E46155 #91E455

square

#55D8E4 #A955E4 #E46155 #91E455

split-complementary

#55D8E4 #E45591 #E4A955

monochromatic

#1A99A4 #23CAD9 #55D8E4 #8AE4EC #BFF0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#55D8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#55D8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8E4

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8E4	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)

#C8CFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.114 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e4ec',
    500: '#55d8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8e4;
$custom-light: #94e4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.035,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81517,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8E4

secondary

#A74036

accent

#2111D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8E4

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

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