#55C6DC#55C6DC

#55C6DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.106 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C6DC
RGB	rgb(85, 198, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 10%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -25.48, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 32.72, 218.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0893 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.106 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8534, 47.4829, 74.9192)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C6DC #DC6B55

analogous

#55DCAF #55C6DC #5582DC

triadic

#55C6DC #DC55C6 #C6DC55

tetradic

#55C6DC #AF55DC #DC6B55 #82DC55

square

#55C6DC #AF55DC #DC6B55 #82DC55

split-complementary

#55C6DC #DC5582 #DCAF55

monochromatic

#1F8497 #2AB0CA #55C6DC #88D7E6 #BBE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#55C6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#55C6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C6DC

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C6DC	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 198, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.106 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d7e6',
    500: '#55c6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c6dc;
$custom-light: #92d7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.778,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77019,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C6DC

secondary

#E0B5AC

accent

#5B3FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C6DC

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

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