#55E5FD#55E5FD

#55E5FD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.125 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55E5FD
RGB	rgb(85, 229, 253)
HSL	hsl(189, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.51, -31.00, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.51, 38.57, 216.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.44% -0.1075 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(85.44% 0.125 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4877, 65.0562, 102.8584)
Luminance	0.6506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55E5FD #FD6D55

analogous

#55FDC1 #55E5FD #5591FD

triadic

#55E5FD #FD55E5 #E5FD55

tetradic

#55E5FD #C155FD #FD6D55 #91FD55

square

#55E5FD #C155FD #FD6D55 #91FD55

split-complementary

#55E5FD #FD5591 #FDC155

monochromatic

#03B7D5 #19DCFC #55E5FD #91EEFE #CEF8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#55E5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#55E5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55E5FD

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55E5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55E5FD	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1DDFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9CBFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFEC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55e5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 229, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.125 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98edfe',
    500: '#55e5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55e5fd;
$custom-light: #98edfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55e5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 97.674,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8544,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55E5FD

secondary

#CF3F27

accent

#2100E6

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFF

border

#D0D6D7

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #55E5FD

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

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