#55C8CF#55C8CF

#55C8CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.103 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8CF
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 207)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -30.17, -13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 32.95, 203.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0967 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.103 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6583, 47.7412, 66.3551)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8CF #CF5C55

analogous

#55CF99 #55C8CF #558BCF

triadic

#55C8CF #CF55C8 #C8CF55

tetradic

#55C8CF #9955CF #CF5C55 #8BCF55

square

#55C8CF #9955CF #CF5C55 #8BCF55

split-complementary

#55C8CF #CF558B #CF9955

monochromatic

#257F84 #33ADB4 #55C8CF #85D7DC #B4E7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55C8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#55C8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8CF

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8CF	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.103 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9dd',
    500: '#55c8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8cf;
$custom-light: #91d9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.443,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77011,
    "c": 0.10339,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8CF

secondary

#D9AAA7

accent

#5149DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8CF

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

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