#55C6CA#55C6CA

#55C6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.102 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55C6CA
RGBrgb(85, 198, 202)
HSLhsl(182, 52%, 56%)
HSVhsv(182, 58%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(57.9%, 2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.92, -30.59, -11.65)
CIE-LCHlch(73.92, 32.73, 200.85°)
OKLaboklab(76.36% -0.0966 -0.0322)
OKLCHoklch(76.36% 0.102 198.5)
XYZxyz(34.5965, 46.5802, 63.0333)
Luminance0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55C6CA #CA5955
analogous
#55CA94 #55C6CA #558CCA
triadic
#55C6CA #CA55C6 #C6CA55
tetradic
#55C6CA #9455CA #CA5955 #8CCA55
square
#55C6CA #9455CA #CA5955 #8CCA55
split-complementary
#55C6CA #CA558C #CA9455
monochromatic
#277B7D #36A8AC #55C6CA #84D6D9 #B2E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04
#55C6CA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32
#55C6CA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C6CA
10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55C6CA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55C6CA1.002.0410.3210.32
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3221.001.001.00
##00000010.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9BECA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7B0CB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CCC7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55c6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 198, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.102 198.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7da',
    500: '#55c6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55c6ca;
$custom-light: #91d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55c6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.051,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76362,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55C6CA
secondary
#D5A7A5
accent
#514CDC
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F2FAFA
border
#CCD3D3
text
#0E1414
muted
#7E8383

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#55C6CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva