#55C5CE#55C5CE

#55C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.102 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5CE
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -28.99, -14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 32.23, 205.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0939 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.102 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8485, 46.3165, 65.4840)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5CE #CE5E55

analogous

#55CE9B #55C5CE #5589CE

triadic

#55C5CE #CE55C5 #C5CE55

tetradic

#55C5CE #9B55CE #CE5E55 #89CE55

square

#55C5CE #9B55CE #CE5E55 #89CE55

split-complementary

#55C5CE #CE5589 #CE9B55

monochromatic

#267C83 #33A9B2 #55C5CE #85D5DC #B4E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#55C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#55C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5CE

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5CE	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.102 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7dd',
    500: '#55c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5ce;
$custom-light: #91d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.463,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76266,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5CE

secondary

#D8AAA7

accent

#5449DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5CE

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

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