#55D9EB#55D9EB

#55D9EB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.116 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9EB
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 235)
HSL	hsl(187, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 7.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -30.44, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 36.15, 212.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.1027 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.116 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5482, 57.5504, 87.3944)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9EB #EB6755

analogous

#55EBB2 #55D9EB #558EEB

triadic

#55D9EB #EB55D9 #D9EB55

tetradic

#55D9EB #B255EB #EB6755 #8EEB55

square

#55D9EB #B255EB #EB6755 #8EEB55

split-complementary

#55D9EB #EB558E #EBB255

monochromatic

#159EB1 #1ECDE5 #55D9EB #8CE5F1 #C3F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#55D9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#55D9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9EB

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9EB	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.116 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5f1',
    500: '#55d9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9eb;
$custom-light: #95e5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82003,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9EB

secondary

#B14233

accent

#230ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9EB

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

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