#55C8CB#55C8CB

#55C8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.103 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8CB
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -31.27, -11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 33.24, 199.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0983 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.103 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1755, 47.5481, 63.8123)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8CB #CB5855

analogous

#55CB93 #55C8CB #558DCB

triadic

#55C8CB #CB55C8 #C8CB55

tetradic

#55C8CB #9355CB #CB5855 #8DCB55

square

#55C8CB #9355CB #CB5855 #8DCB55

split-complementary

#55C8CB #CB558D #CB9355

monochromatic

#277D7F #35ABAE #55C8CB #84D7D9 #B3E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#55C8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#55C8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8CB

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8CB	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.103 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9da',
    500: '#55c8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8cb;
$custom-light: #91d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.525,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76872,
    "c": 0.10317,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8CB

secondary

#D6A7A6

accent

#4F4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8CB

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

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