#55C8D9#55C8D9

#55C8D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.105 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8D9
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 217)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -27.34, -18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 32.83, 213.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0926 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.105 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9198, 48.2458, 72.9988)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8D9 #D96655

analogous

#55D9A8 #55C8D9 #5586D9

triadic

#55C8D9 #D955C8 #C8D955

tetradic

#55C8D9 #A855D9 #D96655 #86D955

square

#55C8D9 #A855D9 #D96655 #86D955

split-complementary

#55C8D9 #D95586 #D9A855

monochromatic

#218493 #2CB1C5 #55C8D9 #87D8E4 #B9E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#55C8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#55C8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8D9

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8D9	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.105 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e4',
    500: '#55c8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8d9;
$custom-light: #92d9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.727,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77373,
    "c": 0.1054,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8D9

secondary

#DFB2AB

accent

#5741E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8D9

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

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