#55C7DC#55C7DC

#55C7DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.106 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C7DC
RGB	rgb(85, 199, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -25.97, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 32.84, 217.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0903 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.106 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0827, 47.9416, 74.9956)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C7DC #DC6A55

analogous

#55DCAD #55C7DC #5584DC

triadic

#55C7DC #DC55C7 #C7DC55

tetradic

#55C7DC #AD55DC #DC6A55 #84DC55

square

#55C7DC #AD55DC #DC6A55 #84DC55

split-complementary

#55C7DC #DC5584 #DCAD55

monochromatic

#1F8597 #2AB1CA #55C7DC #88D8E6 #BBE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#55C7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#55C7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C7DC

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C7DC	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 199, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.106 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d8e6',
    500: '#55c7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c7dc;
$custom-light: #92d8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77252,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C7DC

secondary

#E0B4AC

accent

#593FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C7DC

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

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