#55C5CC#55C5CC

#55C5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.101 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5CC
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 3.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -29.55, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 32.32, 203.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0947 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.101 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6071, 46.2199, 64.2126)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5CC #CC5C55

analogous

#55CC97 #55C5CC #558ACC

triadic

#55C5CC #CC55C5 #C5CC55

tetradic

#55C5CC #9755CC #CC5C55 #8ACC55

square

#55C5CC #9755CC #CC5C55 #8ACC55

split-complementary

#55C5CC #CC558A #CC9755

monochromatic

#267B80 #35A8AF #55C5CC #84D5DA #B3E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#55C5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#55C5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5CC

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5CC	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)

#B8BDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.101 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7db',
    500: '#55c5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5cc;
$custom-light: #91d7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76195,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5CC

secondary

#D7A9A6

accent

#534BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5CC

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

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