#55C8CD#55C8CD

#55C8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.103 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8CD
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -30.72, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 33.08, 201.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0975 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.103 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4154, 47.6440, 65.0756)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8CD #CD5A55

analogous

#55CD96 #55C8CD #558CCD

triadic

#55C8CD #CD55C8 #C8CD55

tetradic

#55C8CD #9655CD #CD5A55 #8CCD55

square

#55C8CD #9655CD #CD5A55 #8CCD55

split-complementary

#55C8CD #CD558C #CD9655

monochromatic

#267E82 #34ACB1 #55C8CD #84D7DB #B4E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#55C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8CD

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8CD	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.103 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9dc',
    500: '#55c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8cd;
$custom-light: #91d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76941,
    "c": 0.10324,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8CD

secondary

#D7A8A6

accent

#504ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8CD

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

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