#55C0CE#55C0CE

#55C0CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.099 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C0CE
RGB	rgb(85, 192, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -26.53, -16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 31.13, 211.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0886 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.099 207)
XYZ	xyz(33.7319, 44.0834, 65.1118)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C0CE #CE6355

analogous

#55CEA0 #55C0CE #5584CE

triadic

#55C0CE #CE55C0 #C0CE55

tetradic

#55C0CE #A055CE #CE6355 #84CE55

square

#55C0CE #A055CE #CE6355 #84CE55

split-complementary

#55C0CE #CE5584 #CEA055

monochromatic

#267883 #33A4B2 #55C0CE #85D2DC #B4E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#55C0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#55C0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C0CE

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C0CE	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 192, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.099 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d3dd',
    500: '#55c0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c0ce;
$custom-light: #91d3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.942,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75085,
    "c": 0.09941,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.44087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C0CE

secondary

#D8ACA7

accent

#5B49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C0CE

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

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