#55C2CD#55C2CD

#55C2CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.100 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C2CD
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 5.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -27.80, -14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 31.55, 208.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0911 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.1 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0530, 44.9192, 64.6214)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C2CD #CD6055

analogous

#55CD9C #55C2CD #5586CD

triadic

#55C2CD #CD55C2 #C2CD55

tetradic

#55C2CD #9C55CD #CD6055 #86CD55

square

#55C2CD #9C55CD #CD6055 #86CD55

split-complementary

#55C2CD #CD5586 #CD9C55

monochromatic

#267982 #34A5B1 #55C2CD #84D3DB #B4E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#55C2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#55C2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C2CD

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C2CD	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	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)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.100 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4dc',
    500: '#55c2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c2cd;
$custom-light: #91d4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75521,
    "c": 0.10004,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C2CD

secondary

#D7ABA6

accent

#574ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C2CD

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

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