#55D9ED#55D9ED

#55D9ED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.117 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9ED
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 237)
HSL	hsl(188, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, -29.86, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 36.21, 214.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.1019 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.117 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8388, 57.6667, 88.9247)
Luminance	0.5767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9ED #ED6955

analogous

#55EDB5 #55D9ED #558DED

triadic

#55D9ED #ED55D9 #D9ED55

tetradic

#55D9ED #B555ED #ED6955 #8DED55

square

#55D9ED #B555ED #ED6955 #8DED55

split-complementary

#55D9ED #ED558D #EDB555

monochromatic

#139FB4 #1ECDE7 #55D9ED #8CE5F3 #C4F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#55D9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#55D9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9ED

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9ED	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.117 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5f2',
    500: '#55d9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9ed;
$custom-light: #95e5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82077,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9ED

secondary

#B44332

accent

#2408DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9ED

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

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