#55C8CC#55C8CC

#55C8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.103 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8CC
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -31.00, -11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 33.16, 200.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0979 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.103 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2950, 47.5959, 64.4419)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8CC #CC5955

analogous

#55CC95 #55C8CC #558DCC

triadic

#55C8CC #CC55C8 #C8CC55

tetradic

#55C8CC #9555CC #CC5955 #8DCC55

square

#55C8CC #9555CC #CC5955 #8DCC55

split-complementary

#55C8CC #CC558D #CC9555

monochromatic

#267D80 #35ABAF #55C8CC #84D7DA #B3E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#55C8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#55C8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8CC

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8CC	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.103 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9db',
    500: '#55c8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8cc;
$custom-light: #91d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.017,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76906,
    "c": 0.10319,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8CC

secondary

#D7A8A6

accent

#504BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8CC

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

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