#55C3CB#55C3CB

#55C3CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.100 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3CB
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 203)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 3.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -28.86, -13.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 31.85, 205.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.093 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.1 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0364, 45.2699, 63.4326)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3CB #CB5D55

analogous

#55CB98 #55C3CB #5588CB

triadic

#55C3CB #CB55C3 #C3CB55

tetradic

#55C3CB #9855CB #CB5D55 #88CB55

square

#55C3CB #9855CB #CB5D55 #88CB55

split-complementary

#55C3CB #CB5588 #CB9855

monochromatic

#27797F #35A6AE #55C3CB #84D4D9 #B3E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#55C3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#55C3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3CB

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3CB	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)

#B6BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.100 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d5da',
    500: '#55c3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3cb;
$custom-light: #91d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.068,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75686,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3CB

secondary

#D6A9A6

accent

#554BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3CB

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

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