#55D9E5#55D9E5

#55D9E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.115 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9E5
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 229)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -32.14, -16.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 36.18, 207.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.1052 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.115 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6960, 57.2095, 82.9059)
Luminance	0.5721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9E5 #E56155

analogous

#55E5A9 #55D9E5 #5591E5

triadic

#55D9E5 #E555D9 #D9E555

tetradic

#55D9E5 #A955E5 #E56155 #91E555

square

#55D9E5 #A955E5 #E56155 #91E555

split-complementary

#55D9E5 #E55591 #E5A955

monochromatic

#199AA6 #22CCDB #55D9E5 #8AE5ED #BFF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#55D9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#55D9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9E5

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9E5	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.115 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5ed',
    500: '#55d9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9e5;
$custom-light: #95e5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81786,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9E5

secondary

#A83F36

accent

#2010D6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9E5

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

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