#55C8DB#55C8DB

#55C8DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.106 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8DB
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 219)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -26.76, -19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 32.91, 215.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0918 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.106 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1815, 48.3505, 74.3772)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8DB #DB6855

analogous

#55DBAB #55C8DB #5585DB

triadic

#55C8DB #DB55C8 #C8DB55

tetradic

#55C8DB #AB55DB #DB6855 #85DB55

square

#55C8DB #AB55DB #DB6855 #85DB55

split-complementary

#55C8DB #DB5585 #DBAB55

monochromatic

#208596 #2AB2C8 #55C8DB #88D8E6 #BAE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#55C8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#55C8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8DB

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8DB	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.106 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e6',
    500: '#55c8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8db;
$custom-light: #92d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.507,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77448,
    "c": 0.10605,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8DB

secondary

#E0B3AC

accent

#5840E8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8DB

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

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