#55C4CD#55C4CD

#55C4CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.101 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4CD
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -28.78, -14.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 32.02, 205.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0933 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.101 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5011, 45.8154, 64.7708)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4CD #CD5E55

analogous

#55CD9A #55C4CD #5588CD

triadic

#55C4CD #CD55C4 #C4CD55

tetradic

#55C4CD #9A55CD #CD5E55 #88CD55

square

#55C4CD #9A55CD #CD5E55 #88CD55

split-complementary

#55C4CD #CD5588 #CD9A55

monochromatic

#267B82 #34A7B1 #55C4CD #84D4DB #B4E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#55C4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#55C4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4CD

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4CD	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.101 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6dc',
    500: '#55c4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4cd;
$custom-light: #91d6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75994,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4CD

secondary

#D7AAA6

accent

#554ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4CD

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

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