#55C2C8#55C2C8

#55C2C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.099 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C2C8
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 200)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 3%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -29.21, -12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 31.74, 203.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0932 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.099 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4590, 44.6816, 61.4935)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C2C8 #C85B55

analogous

#55C894 #55C2C8 #5588C8

triadic

#55C2C8 #C855C2 #C2C855

tetradic

#55C2C8 #9455C8 #C85B55 #88C855

square

#55C2C8 #9455C8 #C85B55 #88C855

split-complementary

#55C2C8 #C85588 #C89455

monochromatic

#28777B #37A3A9 #55C2C8 #83D3D7 #B1E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#55C2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#55C2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C2C8

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C2C8	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.099 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d4d8',
    500: '#55c2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c2c8;
$custom-light: #90d4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.13,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75343,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C2C8

secondary

#D4A7A5

accent

#554DDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C2C8

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

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