#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
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 202)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -30.11, -12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 32.44, 201.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0956 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.101 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3687, 46.1246, 62.9574)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##55C5CA	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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