#55C8DA#55C8DA

#55C8DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.106 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8DA
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 218)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -27.05, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 32.87, 214.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0922 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.106 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0502, 48.2980, 73.6859)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8DA #DA6755

analogous

#55DAA9 #55C8DA #5586DA

triadic

#55C8DA #DA55C8 #C8DA55

tetradic

#55C8DA #A955DA #DA6755 #86DA55

square

#55C8DA #A955DA #DA6755 #86DA55

split-complementary

#55C8DA #DA5586 #DAA955

monochromatic

#208594 #2BB2C7 #55C8DA #87D8E5 #BAE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#55C8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#55C8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8DA

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8DA	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.106 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e5',
    500: '#55c8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8da;
$custom-light: #92d9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.12,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7741,
    "c": 0.10572,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8DA

secondary

#DFB3AB

accent

#5741E7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8DA

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

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