#55C4D2#55C4D2

#55C4D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.102 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4D2
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 210)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 6.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -27.37, -16.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 31.96, 211.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0912 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.102 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1143, 46.0607, 68.0003)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4D2 #D26355

analogous

#55D2A1 #55C4D2 #5585D2

triadic

#55C4D2 #D255C4 #C4D255

tetradic

#55C4D2 #A155D2 #D26355 #85D255

square

#55C4D2 #A155D2 #D26355 #85D255

split-complementary

#55C4D2 #D25585 #D2A155

monochromatic

#247D88 #31AAB9 #55C4D2 #85D5DF #B6E6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#55C4D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#55C4D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4D2

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4D2	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BDD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AFD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.102 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6df',
    500: '#55c4d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4d2;
$custom-light: #91d6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.72,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76175,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4D2

secondary

#DAAEA8

accent

#5846E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4D2

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

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