#55D9E4#55D9E4

#55D9E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.115 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9E4
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 228)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 4.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -32.43, -16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 36.21, 206.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.1056 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.115 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5568, 57.1538, 82.1727)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9E4 #E46055

analogous

#55E4A8 #55D9E4 #5592E4

triadic

#55D9E4 #E455D9 #D9E455

tetradic

#55D9E4 #A855E4 #E46055 #92E455

square

#55D9E4 #A855E4 #E46055 #92E455

split-complementary

#55D9E4 #E45592 #E4A855

monochromatic

#1A9AA4 #23CBD9 #55D9E4 #8AE5EC #BFF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#55D9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#55D9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9E4

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9E4	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)

#C9D0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.115 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5ec',
    500: '#55d9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9e4;
$custom-light: #95e5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8175,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9E4

secondary

#A73F36

accent

#2011D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9E4

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

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