#55D8EA#55D8EA

#55D8EA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.116 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8EA
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(187, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -30.24, -19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 35.96, 212.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.1021 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.116 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1472, 56.9789, 86.5500)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8EA #EA6755

analogous

#55EAB1 #55D8EA #558EEA

triadic

#55D8EA #EA55D8 #D8EA55

tetradic

#55D8EA #B155EA #EA6755 #8EEA55

square

#55D8EA #B155EA #EA6755 #8EEA55

split-complementary

#55D8EA #EA558E #EAB155

monochromatic

#169CAF #1FCCE3 #55D8EA #8BE4F1 #C2F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#55D8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#55D8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8EA

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8EA	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.116 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e4f0',
    500: '#55d8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8ea;
$custom-light: #95e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.248,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81734,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8EA

secondary

#B04334

accent

#240BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8EA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →