#55D8E9#55D8E9

#55D8E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.115 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8E9
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 233)
HSL	hsl(187, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -30.53, -18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 35.95, 211.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.1025 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.115 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0039, 56.9216, 85.7956)
Luminance	0.5693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8E9 #E96655

analogous

#55E9B0 #55D8E9 #558EE9

triadic

#55D8E9 #E955D8 #D8E955

tetradic

#55D8E9 #B055E9 #E96655 #8EE955

square

#55D8E9 #B055E9 #E96655 #8EE955

split-complementary

#55D8E9 #E9558E #E9B055

monochromatic

#169CAD #1FCCE2 #55D8E9 #8BE4F0 #C1F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#55D8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#55D8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8E9

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8E9	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.115 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e4f0',
    500: '#55d8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8e9;
$custom-light: #95e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.892,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81698,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8E9

secondary

#AE4234

accent

#240CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8E9

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

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