#55C8CE#55C8CE

#55C8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.103 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8CE
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -30.44, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 33.01, 202.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0971 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.103 200)
XYZ	xyz(35.5364, 47.6924, 65.7133)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8CE #CE5B55

analogous

#55CE97 #55C8CE #558CCE

triadic

#55C8CE #CE55C8 #C8CE55

tetradic

#55C8CE #9755CE #CE5B55 #8CCE55

square

#55C8CE #9755CE #CE5B55 #8CCE55

split-complementary

#55C8CE #CE558C #CE9755

monochromatic

#267E83 #33ACB2 #55C8CE #85D7DC #B4E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55C8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#55C8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8CE

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8CE	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.103 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9dc',
    500: '#55c8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8ce;
$custom-light: #91d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.975,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76976,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.47696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8CE

secondary

#D8A9A7

accent

#5149DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8CE

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

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