#55C8D3#55C8D3

#55C8D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.104 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8D3
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 211)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -29.04, -15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 32.80, 207.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.095 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.104 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1535, 47.9393, 68.9633)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8D3 #D36055

analogous

#55D39F #55C8D3 #5589D3

triadic

#55C8D3 #D355C8 #C8D355

tetradic

#55C8D3 #9F55D3 #D36055 #89D355

square

#55C8D3 #9F55D3 #D36055 #89D355

split-complementary

#55C8D3 #D35589 #D39F55

monochromatic

#24818A #30AEBB #55C8D3 #86D8E0 #B6E7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#55C8D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#55C8D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8D3

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8D3	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.104 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e0',
    500: '#55c8d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8d3;
$custom-light: #92d9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.238,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77154,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8D3

secondary

#DBADA9

accent

#5346E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8D3

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

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