#55C8D1#55C8D1

#55C8D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.104 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8D1
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 209)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -29.61, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 32.85, 205.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0958 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.104 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9044, 47.8396, 67.6510)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8D1 #D15E55

analogous

#55D19C #55C8D1 #558AD1

triadic

#55C8D1 #D155C8 #C8D155

tetradic

#55C8D1 #9C55D1 #D15E55 #8AD155

square

#55C8D1 #9C55D1 #D15E55 #8AD155

split-complementary

#55C8D1 #D1558A #D19C55

monochromatic

#258087 #32AEB7 #55C8D1 #85D8DE #B5E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55C8D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#55C8D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8D1

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8D1	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B2D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.104 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d9df',
    500: '#55c8d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8d1;
$custom-light: #91d9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.355,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77082,
    "c": 0.10363,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8D1

secondary

#DAACA8

accent

#5247E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8D1

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

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