#55C5D4#55C5D4

#55C5D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.103 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C5D4
RGB	rgb(85, 197, 212)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -27.29, -17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 32.18, 211.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0914 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.103 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5913, 46.6136, 69.3962)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C5D4 #D46455

analogous

#55D4A4 #55C5D4 #5585D4

triadic

#55C5D4 #D455C5 #C5D455

tetradic

#55C5D4 #A455D4 #D46455 #85D455

square

#55C5D4 #A455D4 #D46455 #85D455

split-complementary

#55C5D4 #D45585 #D4A455

monochromatic

#237F8B #30ACBC #55C5D4 #86D6E0 #B7E6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#55C5D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#55C5D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C5D4

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C5D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C5D4	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c5d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 197, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.103 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7e1',
    500: '#55c5d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c5d4;
$custom-light: #91d7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c5d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.087,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76484,
    "c": 0.10292,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C5D4

secondary

#DCAFA9

accent

#5845E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C5D4

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

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