#55C0CB#55C0CB

#55C0CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.099 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C0CB
RGB	rgb(85, 192, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 5.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -27.39, -14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 31.13, 208.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0898 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.099 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3710, 43.9390, 63.2108)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C0CB #CB6055

analogous

#55CB9B #55C0CB #5585CB

triadic

#55C0CB #CB55C0 #C0CB55

tetradic

#55C0CB #9B55CB #CB6055 #85CB55

square

#55C0CB #9B55CB #CB6055 #85CB55

split-complementary

#55C0CB #CB5585 #CB9B55

monochromatic

#27777F #35A2AE #55C0CB #84D1D9 #B3E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#55C0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#55C0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C0CB

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C0CB	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 192, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.099 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d3da',
    500: '#55c0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c0cb;
$custom-light: #90d3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.593,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74976,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C0CB

secondary

#D6AAA6

accent

#594BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C0CB

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

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