#55C1CD#55C1CD

#55C1CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.100 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C1CD
RGB	rgb(85, 193, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 5.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -27.31, -15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 31.33, 209.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0901 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.1 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8311, 44.4756, 64.5475)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C1CD #CD6155

analogous

#55CD9D #55C1CD #5585CD

triadic

#55C1CD #CD55C1 #C1CD55

tetradic

#55C1CD #9D55CD #CD6155 #85CD55

square

#55C1CD #9D55CD #CD6155 #85CD55

split-complementary

#55C1CD #CD5585 #CD9D55

monochromatic

#267882 #34A4B1 #55C1CD #84D2DB #B4E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#55C1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#55C1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C1CD

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C1CD	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 193, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.100 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4dc',
    500: '#55c1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c1cd;
$custom-light: #91d4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75285,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C1CD

secondary

#D7ABA6

accent

#594ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C1CD

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

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