#55C5CA#55C5CA

#55C5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.101 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55C5CA
RGBrgb(85, 197, 202)
HSLhsl(183, 52%, 56%)
HSVhsv(183, 58%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(57.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.63, -30.11, -12.09)
CIE-LCHlch(73.63, 32.44, 201.88°)
OKLaboklab(76.13% -0.0956 -0.0335)
OKLCHoklch(76.13% 0.101 199.3)
XYZxyz(34.3687, 46.1246, 62.9574)
Luminance0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55C5CA #CA5A55
analogous
#55CA95 #55C5CA #558BCA
triadic
#55C5CA #CA55C5 #C5CA55
tetradic
#55C5CA #9555CA #CA5A55 #8BCA55
square
#55C5CA #9555CA #CA5A55 #8BCA55
split-complementary
#55C5CA #CA558B #CA9555
monochromatic
#277A7D #36A7AC #55C5CA #84D5D9 #B2E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05
#55C5CA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23
#55C5CA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5CA
10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55C5CA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55C5CA1.002.0510.2310.23
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2321.001.001.00
##00000010.2321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8BDCB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A6AFCB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CBC6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55c5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.101 199.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7da',
    500: '#55c5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55c5ca;
$custom-light: #91d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55c5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.564,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76125,
    "c": 0.10127,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55C5CA
secondary
#D5A7A5
accent
#524CDC
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F2FAFA
border
#CCD3D3
text
#0E1414
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5CA

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#55C5CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva