#55C8D0#55C8D0

#55C8D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.103 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8D0
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 208)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -29.89, -13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 32.90, 204.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0962 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.103 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7809, 47.7902, 67.0010)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8D0 #D05D55

analogous

#55D09A #55C8D0 #558BD0

triadic

#55C8D0 #D055C8 #C8D055

tetradic

#55C8D0 #9A55D0 #D05D55 #8BD055

square

#55C8D0 #9A55D0 #D05D55 #8BD055

split-complementary

#55C8D0 #D0558B #D09A55

monochromatic

#257F86 #32ADB6 #55C8D0 #85D8DD #B5E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55C8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#55C8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8D0

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8D0	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B2D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.103 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9de',
    500: '#55c8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8d0;
$custom-light: #91d9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.902,
    "s": 56.682,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77047,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8D0

secondary

#D9ABA8

accent

#5248E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8D0

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

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