#55D8EB#55D8EB

#55D8EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.116 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8EB
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(188, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -29.95, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 35.99, 213.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.1017 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.116 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2913, 57.0365, 87.3088)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8EB #EB6855

analogous

#55EBB3 #55D8EB #558DEB

triadic

#55D8EB #EB55D8 #D8EB55

tetradic

#55D8EB #B355EB #EB6855 #8DEB55

square

#55D8EB #B355EB #EB6855 #8DEB55

split-complementary

#55D8EB #EB558D #EBB355

monochromatic

#159DB1 #1ECBE5 #55D8EB #8CE5F1 #C3F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#55D8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#55D8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8EB

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8EB	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.116 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e4f1',
    500: '#55d8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8eb;
$custom-light: #95e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.6,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81771,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8EB

secondary

#B14333

accent

#250ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8EB

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

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