#55C2CE#55C2CE

#55C2CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.100 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C2CE
RGB	rgb(85, 194, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -27.52, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 31.54, 209.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0907 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.1 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1740, 44.9676, 65.2592)
Luminance	0.4497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C2CE #CE6155

analogous

#55CE9D #55C2CE #5586CE

triadic

#55C2CE #CE55C2 #C2CE55

tetradic

#55C2CE #9D55CE #CE6155 #86CE55

square

#55C2CE #9D55CE #CE6155 #86CE55

split-complementary

#55C2CE #CE5586 #CE9D55

monochromatic

#267A83 #33A6B2 #55C2CE #85D3DC #B4E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#55C2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#55C2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C2CE

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C2CE	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 194, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.100 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4dd',
    500: '#55c2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c2ce;
$custom-light: #91d4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.95,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75557,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C2CE

secondary

#D8ACA7

accent

#5849DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C2CE

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

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