#55C3CF#55C3CF

#55C3CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.101 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C3CF
RGB	rgb(85, 195, 207)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 5.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -27.73, -15.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 31.75, 209.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0914 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.101 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5192, 45.4630, 65.9754)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C3CF #CF6155

analogous

#55CF9E #55C3CF #5586CF

triadic

#55C3CF #CF55C3 #C3CF55

tetradic

#55C3CF #9E55CF #CF6155 #86CF55

square

#55C3CF #9E55CF #CF6155 #86CF55

split-complementary

#55C3CF #CF5586 #CF9E55

monochromatic

#257B84 #33A7B4 #55C3CF #85D4DC #B4E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#55C3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#55C3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C3CF

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C3CF	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 195, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.101 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d5dd',
    500: '#55c3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c3cf;
$custom-light: #91d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.902,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7583,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C3CF

secondary

#D9ACA7

accent

#5749DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C3CF

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

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