#55C3CC#55C3CC

#55C3CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.100 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3CC
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -28.58, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 31.81, 206.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0926 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.1 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1559, 45.3177, 64.0622)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3CC #CC5E55

analogous

#55CC9A #55C3CC #5588CC

triadic

#55C3CC #CC55C3 #C3CC55

tetradic

#55C3CC #9A55CC #CC5E55 #88CC55

square

#55C3CC #9A55CC #CC5E55 #88CC55

split-complementary

#55C3CC #CC5588 #CC9A55

monochromatic

#267980 #35A6AF #55C3CC #84D4DA #B3E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#55C3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#55C3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3CC

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3CC	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.100 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d5db',
    500: '#55c3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3cc;
$custom-light: #91d5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.538,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75722,
    "c": 0.10036,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3CC

secondary

#D7AAA6

accent

#564BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3CC

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

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