#55C8D6#55C8D6

#55C8D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.105 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8D6
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 214)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 6.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -28.19, -16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 32.77, 210.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0938 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.105 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5331, 48.0911, 70.9625)
Luminance	0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8D6 #D66355

analogous

#55D6A3 #55C8D6 #5587D6

triadic

#55C8D6 #D655C8 #C8D655

tetradic

#55C8D6 #A355D6 #D66355 #87D655

square

#55C8D6 #A355D6 #D66355 #87D655

split-complementary

#55C8D6 #D65587 #D6A355

monochromatic

#22838E #2EB0C0 #55C8D6 #86D8E2 #B8E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#55C8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#55C8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8D6

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8D6	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.105 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e2',
    500: '#55c8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8d6;
$custom-light: #92d9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.512,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77263,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8D6

secondary

#DDAFAA

accent

#5544E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8D6

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

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