#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
RGB	rgb(85, 198, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -30.59, -11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 32.73, 200.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0966 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.102 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5965, 46.5802, 63.0333)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##55C6CA	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C6CA

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

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