#55C4D5#55C4D5

#55C4D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.103 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C4D5
RGB	rgb(85, 196, 213)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -26.51, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 32.03, 214.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.09 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.103 209)
XYZ	xyz(35.4915, 46.2116, 69.9872)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C4D5 #D56655

analogous

#55D5A6 #55C4D5 #5584D5

triadic

#55C4D5 #D555C4 #C4D555

tetradic

#55C4D5 #A655D5 #D56655 #84D555

square

#55C4D5 #A655D5 #D56655 #84D555

split-complementary

#55C4D5 #D55584 #D5A655

monochromatic

#237F8D #2FABBE #55C4D5 #86D5E1 #B7E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#55C4D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#55C4D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C4D5

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C4D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C4D5	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BDD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AFD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c4d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 196, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.103 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6e2',
    500: '#55c4d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c4d5;
$custom-light: #91d6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c4d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.969,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76286,
    "c": 0.10287,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.46215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C4D5

secondary

#DCB0A9

accent

#5944E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C4D5

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

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