#55C5CD#55C5CD

#55C5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.102 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5CD
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -29.27, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 32.27, 204.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0943 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.102 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7274, 46.2680, 64.8462)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5CD #CD5D55

analogous

#55CD99 #55C5CD #5589CD

triadic

#55C5CD #CD55C5 #C5CD55

tetradic

#55C5CD #9955CD #CD5D55 #89CD55

square

#55C5CD #9955CD #CD5D55 #89CD55

split-complementary

#55C5CD #CD5589 #CD9955

monochromatic

#267B82 #34A8B1 #55C5CD #84D5DB #B4E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#55C5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#55C5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5CD

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5CD	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.102 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7dc',
    500: '#55c5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5cd;
$custom-light: #91d7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76231,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5CD

secondary

#D7AAA6

accent

#544ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5CD

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

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