#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
RGBrgb(85, 217, 239)
HSLhsl(189, 83%, 64%)
HSVhsv(189, 64%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(64.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(80.62, -29.28, -21.44)
CIE-LCHlch(80.62, 36.29, 216.21°)
OKLaboklab(82.15% -0.1012 -0.0595)
OKLCHoklch(82.15% 0.117 210.5)
XYZxyz(44.1326, 57.7842, 90.4722)
Luminance0.5779 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##55D9EF1.001.6712.5612.56
#FFFFFF1.671.0021.0021.00
#00000012.5621.001.001.00
##00000012.5621.001.001.00

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

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#55D9EF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva