#55D8EC#55D8EC

#55D8EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.116 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8EC
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 236)
HSL	hsl(188, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -29.67, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 36.02, 214.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.1013 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.116 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4361, 57.0944, 88.0718)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8EC #EC6955

analogous

#55ECB4 #55D8EC #558CEC

triadic

#55D8EC #EC55D8 #D8EC55

tetradic

#55D8EC #B455EC #EC6955 #8CEC55

square

#55D8EC #B455EC #EC6955 #8CEC55

split-complementary

#55D8EC #EC558C #ECB455

monochromatic

#149EB3 #1ECBE6 #55D8EC #8CE5F2 #C3F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#55D8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#55D8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8EC

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8EC	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.116 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e4f2',
    500: '#55d8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8ec;
$custom-light: #95e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.947,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81808,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8EC

secondary

#B34333

accent

#2509DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8EC

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

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