#55C4CC#55C4CC

#55C4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.101 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4CC
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 3.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -29.06, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 32.06, 204.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0937 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.101 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3807, 45.7673, 64.1371)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4CC #CC5D55

analogous

#55CC99 #55C4CC #5589CC

triadic

#55C4CC #CC55C4 #C4CC55

tetradic

#55C4CC #9955CC #CC5D55 #89CC55

square

#55C4CC #9955CC #CC5D55 #89CC55

split-complementary

#55C4CC #CC5589 #CC9955

monochromatic

#267A80 #35A7AF #55C4CC #84D4DA #B3E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#55C4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#55C4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4CC

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4CC	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.101 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6db',
    500: '#55c4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4cc;
$custom-light: #91d6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.034,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75958,
    "c": 0.10088,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4CC

secondary

#D7A9A6

accent

#544BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4CC

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

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