#55D8ED#55D8ED

#55D8ED is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.116 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D8ED
RGB	rgb(85, 216, 237)
HSL	hsl(188, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -29.38, -20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 36.06, 215.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.1009 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.116 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5818, 57.1527, 88.8391)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D8ED #ED6A55

analogous

#55EDB6 #55D8ED #558CED

triadic

#55D8ED #ED55D8 #D8ED55

tetradic

#55D8ED #B655ED #ED6A55 #8CED55

square

#55D8ED #B655ED #ED6A55 #8CED55

split-complementary

#55D8ED #ED558C #EDB655

monochromatic

#139EB4 #1ECBE7 #55D8ED #8CE5F3 #C4F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#55D8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#55D8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D8ED

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D8ED	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 216, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.116 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e4f2',
    500: '#55d8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d8ed;
$custom-light: #95e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.289,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81845,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D8ED

secondary

#B44432

accent

#2608DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D8ED

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

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