#55C1CA#55C1CA

#55C1CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.099 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C1CA
RGB	rgb(85, 193, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 4.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -28.16, -13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 31.38, 206.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0913 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.099 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4725, 44.3321, 62.6586)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C1CA #CA5E55

analogous

#55CA99 #55C1CA #5587CA

triadic

#55C1CA #CA55C1 #C1CA55

tetradic

#55C1CA #9955CA #CA5E55 #87CA55

square

#55C1CA #9955CA #CA5E55 #87CA55

split-complementary

#55C1CA #CA5587 #CA9955

monochromatic

#27777D #36A3AC #55C1CA #84D2D9 #B2E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#55C1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#55C1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C1CA

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C1CA	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 193, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.099 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d4da',
    500: '#55c1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c1ca;
$custom-light: #90d4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75176,
    "c": 0.09903,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C1CA

secondary

#D5A9A5

accent

#574CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C1CA

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

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