#55D9EA#55D9EA

#55D9EA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.116 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9EA
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 234)
HSL	hsl(187, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -30.72, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 36.14, 211.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.1031 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.116 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4042, 57.4928, 86.6357)
Luminance	0.5750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9EA #EA6655

analogous

#55EAB1 #55D9EA #558EEA

triadic

#55D9EA #EA55D9 #D9EA55

tetradic

#55D9EA #B155EA #EA6655 #8EEA55

square

#55D9EA #B155EA #EA6655 #8EEA55

split-complementary

#55D9EA #EA558E #EAB155

monochromatic

#169DAF #1FCDE3 #55D9EA #8BE5F1 #C2F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#55D9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#55D9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9EA

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9EA	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.116 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5f0',
    500: '#55d9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9ea;
$custom-light: #95e5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.846,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81967,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9EA

secondary

#B04234

accent

#230BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9EA

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

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