#55C0CA#55C0CA

#55C0CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.099 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C0CA
RGB	rgb(85, 192, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -27.67, -14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 31.14, 207.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0902 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.099 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2522, 43.8915, 62.5852)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C0CA #CA5F55

analogous

#55CA9A #55C0CA #5586CA

triadic

#55C0CA #CA55C0 #C0CA55

tetradic

#55C0CA #9A55CA #CA5F55 #86CA55

square

#55C0CA #9A55CA #CA5F55 #86CA55

split-complementary

#55C0CA #CA5586 #CA9A55

monochromatic

#27767D #36A2AC #55C0CA #84D1D9 #B2E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#55C0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#55C0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C0CA

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C0CA	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 192, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.099 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d3da',
    500: '#55c0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c0ca;
$custom-light: #90d3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.128,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74939,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C0CA

secondary

#D5A9A5

accent

#584CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C0CA

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

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