#55C2CA#55C2CA

#55C2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.100 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C2CA
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -28.65, -13.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 31.63, 205.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0924 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.1 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6943, 44.7757, 62.7325)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C2CA #CA5D55

analogous

#55CA98 #55C2CA #5588CA

triadic

#55C2CA #CA55C2 #C2CA55

tetradic

#55C2CA #9855CA #CA5D55 #88CA55

square

#55C2CA #9855CA #CA5D55 #88CA55

split-complementary

#55C2CA #CA5588 #CA9855

monochromatic

#27787D #36A4AC #55C2CA #84D3D9 #B2E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#55C2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#55C2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C2CA

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C2CA	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.100 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d4da',
    500: '#55c2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c2ca;
$custom-light: #90d4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.103,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75413,
    "c": 0.09956,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C2CA

secondary

#D5A9A5

accent

#564CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C2CA

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

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