#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
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 233)
HSL	hsl(186, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -31.01, -18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 36.13, 210.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.1035 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.116 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.2609, 57.4355, 85.8812)
Luminance	0.5744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##55D9E9	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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