#55C1CB#55C1CB

#55C1CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.099 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C1CB
RGB	rgb(85, 193, 203)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 4.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -27.88, -14.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 31.36, 207.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0909 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.099 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5913, 44.3796, 63.2842)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C1CB #CB5F55

analogous

#55CB9A #55C1CB #5586CB

triadic

#55C1CB #CB55C1 #C1CB55

tetradic

#55C1CB #9A55CB #CB5F55 #86CB55

square

#55C1CB #9A55CB #CB5F55 #86CB55

split-complementary

#55C1CB #CB5586 #CB9A55

monochromatic

#27777F #35A3AE #55C1CB #84D2D9 #B3E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#55C1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#55C1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C1CB

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C1CB	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 193, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.099 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d4da',
    500: '#55c1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c1cb;
$custom-light: #90d4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.085,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75212,
    "c": 0.0992,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C1CB

secondary

#D6AAA6

accent

#584BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C1CB

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

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