#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
RGBrgb(85, 195, 203)
HSLhsl(184, 53%, 56%)
HSVhsv(184, 58%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(58.1%, 3.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(73.07, -28.86, -13.47)
CIE-LCHlch(73.07, 31.85, 205.02°)
OKLaboklab(75.69% -0.093 -0.0373)
OKLCHoklch(75.69% 0.1 201.8)
XYZxyz(34.0364, 45.2699, 63.4326)
Luminance0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##55C3CB1.002.0910.0510.05
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0521.001.001.00
##00000010.0521.001.001.00

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

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#55C3CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva