#55C3CA#55C3CA

#55C3CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.100 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3CA
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 3.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -29.14, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 31.89, 204.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0934 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.1 201)
XYZ	xyz(33.9176, 45.2224, 62.8070)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3CA #CA5C55

analogous

#55CA97 #55C3CA #5589CA

triadic

#55C3CA #CA55C3 #C3CA55

tetradic

#55C3CA #9755CA #CA5C55 #89CA55

square

#55C3CA #9755CA #CA5C55 #89CA55

split-complementary

#55C3CA #CA5589 #CA9755

monochromatic

#27787D #36A5AC #55C3CA #84D3D9 #B2E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#55C3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#55C3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3CA

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3CA	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.100 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d5da',
    500: '#55c3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3ca;
$custom-light: #90d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.59,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7565,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.45226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3CA

secondary

#D5A8A5

accent

#554CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3CA

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

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