#55C8CA#55C8CA

#55C8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.103 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8CA
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -31.55, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 33.34, 198.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0988 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.103 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0567, 47.5005, 63.1867)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8CA #CA5755

analogous

#55CA92 #55C8CA #558ECA

triadic

#55C8CA #CA55C8 #C8CA55

tetradic

#55C8CA #9255CA #CA5755 #8ECA55

square

#55C8CA #9255CA #CA5755 #8ECA55

split-complementary

#55C8CA #CA558E #CA9255

monochromatic

#277C7D #36AAAC #55C8CA #84D7D9 #B2E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#55C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#55C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8CA

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8CA	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)

#BCBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.103 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9da',
    500: '#55c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8ca;
$custom-light: #91d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.026,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76837,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8CA

secondary

#D5A6A5

accent

#4E4CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8CA

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

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