#55C5CF#55C5CF

#55C5CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.102 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5CF
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 207)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -28.71, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 32.20, 206.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0935 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.102 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9703, 46.3652, 66.1258)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5CF #CF5F55

analogous

#55CF9C #55C5CF #5588CF

triadic

#55C5CF #CF55C5 #C5CF55

tetradic

#55C5CF #9C55CF #CF5F55 #88CF55

square

#55C5CF #9C55CF #CF5F55 #88CF55

split-complementary

#55C5CF #CF5588 #CF9C55

monochromatic

#257C84 #33A9B4 #55C5CF #85D5DC #B4E6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#55C5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#55C5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5CF

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5CF	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.102 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7dd',
    500: '#55c5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5cf;
$custom-light: #91d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.918,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76302,
    "c": 0.10183,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5CF

secondary

#D9ABA7

accent

#5549DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5CF

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

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