#55C8D2#55C8D2

#55C8D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.104 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8D2
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 210)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -29.33, -14.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 32.82, 206.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0954 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.104 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0286, 47.8893, 68.3051)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8D2 #D25F55

analogous

#55D29D #55C8D2 #5589D2

triadic

#55C8D2 #D255C8 #C8D255

tetradic

#55C8D2 #9D55D2 #D25F55 #89D255

square

#55C8D2 #9D55D2 #D25F55 #89D255

split-complementary

#55C8D2 #D25589 #D29D55

monochromatic

#248088 #31AEB9 #55C8D2 #85D8DF #B6E7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55C8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#55C8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8D2

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8D2	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.104 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9df',
    500: '#55c8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8d2;
$custom-light: #92d9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77118,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8D2

secondary

#DAACA8

accent

#5346E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8D2

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

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