#55C8D5#55C8D5

#55C8D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.104 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8D5
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 213)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -28.48, -16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 32.77, 209.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0942 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.104 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4058, 48.0402, 70.2920)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8D5 #D56255

analogous

#55D5A2 #55C8D5 #5588D5

triadic

#55C8D5 #D555C8 #C8D555

tetradic

#55C8D5 #A255D5 #D56255 #88D555

square

#55C8D5 #A255D5 #D56255 #88D555

split-complementary

#55C8D5 #D55588 #D5A255

monochromatic

#23828D #2FAFBE #55C8D5 #86D8E1 #B7E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#55C8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#55C8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8D5

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8D5	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.104 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e1',
    500: '#55c8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8d5;
$custom-light: #92d9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.094,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77226,
    "c": 0.10434,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8D5

secondary

#DCAFA9

accent

#5444E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8D5

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

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