#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
RGBrgb(85, 196, 210)
HSLhsl(187, 58%, 58%)
HSVhsv(187, 60%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(59.5%, 6.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.58, -27.37, -16.50)
CIE-LCHlch(73.58, 31.96, 211.08°)
OKLaboklab(76.18% -0.0912 -0.0457)
OKLCHoklch(76.18% 0.102 206.6)
XYZxyz(35.1143, 46.0607, 68.0003)
Luminance0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##55C4D21.002.0610.2110.21
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2121.001.001.00
##00000010.2121.001.001.00

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

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#55C4D2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva