#55C3CD#55C3CD

#55C3CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.101 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3CD
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -28.30, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 31.78, 207.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0922 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.101 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2763, 45.3658, 64.6959)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3CD #CD5F55

analogous

#55CD9B #55C3CD #5587CD

triadic

#55C3CD #CD55C3 #C3CD55

tetradic

#55C3CD #9B55CD #CD5F55 #87CD55

square

#55C3CD #9B55CD #CD5F55 #87CD55

split-complementary

#55C3CD #CD5587 #CD9B55

monochromatic

#267A82 #34A6B1 #55C3CD #84D4DB #B4E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#55C3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#55C3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3CD

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3CD	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.101 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d5dc',
    500: '#55c3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3cd;
$custom-light: #91d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75757,
    "c": 0.10051,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3CD

secondary

#D7ABA6

accent

#564ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3CD

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

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