#55C2CC#55C2CC

#55C2CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.100 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C2CC
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 4.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -28.09, -14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 31.57, 207.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0916 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.1 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9326, 44.8711, 63.9878)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C2CC #CC5F55

analogous

#55CC9B #55C2CC #5587CC

triadic

#55C2CC #CC55C2 #C2CC55

tetradic

#55C2CC #9B55CC #CC5F55 #87CC55

square

#55C2CC #9B55CC #CC5F55 #87CC55

split-complementary

#55C2CC #CC5587 #CC9B55

monochromatic

#267980 #35A5AF #55C2CC #84D3DA #B3E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#55C2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#55C2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C2CC

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C2CC	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.100 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4db',
    500: '#55c2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c2cc;
$custom-light: #91d4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.042,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75485,
    "c": 0.09985,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C2CC

secondary

#D7AAA6

accent

#574BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C2CC

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

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