#55D9EC#55D9EC

#55D9EC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.116 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55D9EC
RGBrgb(85, 217, 236)
HSLhsl(188, 80%, 63%)
HSVhsv(188, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(64%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(80.52, -30.15, -19.99)
CIE-LCHlch(80.52, 36.18, 213.55°)
OKLaboklab(82.04% -0.1023 -0.0555)
OKLCHoklch(82.04% 0.116 208.5)
XYZxyz(43.6931, 57.6084, 88.1574)
Luminance0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55D9EC #EC6855
analogous
#55ECB4 #55D9EC #558DEC
triadic
#55D9EC #EC55D9 #D9EC55
tetradic
#55D9EC #B455EC #EC6855 #8DEC55
square
#55D9EC #B455EC #EC6855 #8DEC55
split-complementary
#55D9EC #EC558D #ECB455
monochromatic
#149FB3 #1ECDE6 #55D9EC #8CE5F2 #C3F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68
#55D9EC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52
#55D9EC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9EC
12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55D9EC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55D9EC1.001.6812.5212.52
#FFFFFF1.681.0021.0021.00
#00000012.5221.001.001.00
##00000012.5221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7D1ED
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1C1EC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E2DF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55d9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.116 208.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5f2',
    500: '#55d9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55d9ec;
$custom-light: #95e5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55d9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.55,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8204,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55D9EC
secondary
#B34333
accent
#2409DC
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0F1516
muted
#808485

Preview Lab

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#55D9EC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva