#55C8D4#55C8D4

#55C8D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.104 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8D4
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 212)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 5.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -28.76, -15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 32.78, 208.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0946 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.104 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2793, 47.9896, 69.6256)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8D4 #D46155

analogous

#55D4A0 #55C8D4 #5588D4

triadic

#55C8D4 #D455C8 #C8D455

tetradic

#55C8D4 #A055D4 #D46155 #88D455

square

#55C8D4 #A055D4 #D46155 #88D455

split-complementary

#55C8D4 #D45588 #D4A055

monochromatic

#23828B #30AFBC #55C8D4 #86D8E0 #B7E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#55C8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#55C8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8D4

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8D4	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.104 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e1',
    500: '#55c8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8d4;
$custom-light: #92d9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.669,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7719,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8D4

secondary

#DCAEA9

accent

#5445E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8D4

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

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