#55D9E9#55D9E9

#55D9E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.116 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55D9E9
RGBrgb(85, 217, 233)
HSLhsl(186, 77%, 62%)
HSVhsv(186, 64%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(63.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(80.42, -31.01, -18.54)
CIE-LCHlch(80.42, 36.13, 210.88°)
OKLaboklab(81.93% -0.1035 -0.0514)
OKLCHoklch(81.93% 0.116 206.4)
XYZxyz(43.2609, 57.4355, 85.8812)
Luminance0.5744 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55D9E9 #E96555
analogous
#55E9AF #55D9E9 #558FE9
triadic
#55D9E9 #E955D9 #D9E955
tetradic
#55D9E9 #AF55E9 #E96555 #8FE955
square
#55D9E9 #AF55E9 #E96555 #8FE955
split-complementary
#55D9E9 #E9558F #E9AF55
monochromatic
#169DAD #1FCDE2 #55D9E9 #8BE5F0 #C1F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68
#55D9E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49
#55D9E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9E9
12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55D9E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55D9E91.001.6812.4912.49
#FFFFFF1.681.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4921.001.001.00
##00000012.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8D1EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2C1E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E2DE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55d9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.116 206.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5f0',
    500: '#55d9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55d9e9;
$custom-light: #95e5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55d9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.486,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8193,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55D9E9
secondary
#AE4134
accent
#220CD9
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0F1516
muted
#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9E9

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#55D9E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva