#55C0CD#55C0CD

#55C0CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.099 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C0CD
RGB	rgb(85, 192, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -26.82, -15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 31.12, 210.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.089 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.099 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6108, 44.0350, 64.4741)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C0CD #CD6255

analogous

#55CD9E #55C0CD #5584CD

triadic

#55C0CD #CD55C0 #C0CD55

tetradic

#55C0CD #9E55CD #CD6255 #84CD55

square

#55C0CD #9E55CD #CD6255 #84CD55

split-complementary

#55C0CD #CD5584 #CD9E55

monochromatic

#267882 #34A3B1 #55C0CD #84D2DB #B4E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#55C0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#55C0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C0CD

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C0CD	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 192, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.099 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d3dc',
    500: '#55c0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c0cd;
$custom-light: #90d3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75049,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C0CD

secondary

#D7ACA6

accent

#5A4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C0CD

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

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