#55C8D7#55C8D7

#55C8D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.105 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8D7
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 215)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -27.91, -17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 32.78, 211.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0934 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.105 207)
XYZ	xyz(36.6612, 48.1423, 71.6371)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8D7 #D76455

analogous

#55D7A5 #55C8D7 #5587D7

triadic

#55C8D7 #D755C8 #C8D755

tetradic

#55C8D7 #A555D7 #D76455 #87D755

square

#55C8D7 #A555D7 #D76455 #87D755

split-complementary

#55C8D7 #D75587 #D7A555

monochromatic

#228390 #2DB0C1 #55C8D7 #87D8E3 #B8E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#55C8D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#55C8D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8D7

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8D7	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.105 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e3',
    500: '#55c8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8d7;
$custom-light: #92d9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77299,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.48146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8D7

secondary

#DEB0AA

accent

#5643E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8D7

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

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