#55D9EF#55D9EF

#55D9EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.117 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D9EF
RGB	rgb(85, 217, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -29.28, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 36.29, 216.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.1012 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.117 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1326, 57.7842, 90.4722)
Luminance	0.5779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D9EF #EF6B55

analogous

#55EFB8 #55D9EF #558CEF

triadic

#55D9EF #EF55D9 #D9EF55

tetradic

#55D9EF #B855EF #EF6B55 #8CEF55

square

#55D9EF #B855EF #EF6B55 #8CEF55

split-complementary

#55D9EF #EF558C #EFB855

monochromatic

#11A0B8 #1DCCEA #55D9EF #8DE6F4 #C5F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#55D9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#55D9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D9EF

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D9EF	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 217, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.117 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5f4',
    500: '#55d9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d9ef;
$custom-light: #96e5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82152,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D9EF

secondary

#B74431

accent

#2506DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D9EF

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

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