#55C8DC#55C8DC

#55C8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.106 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8DC
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -26.47, -19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 32.97, 216.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0914 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.106 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3135, 48.4033, 75.0726)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8DC #DC6955

analogous

#55DCAD #55C8DC #5584DC

triadic

#55C8DC #DC55C8 #C8DC55

tetradic

#55C8DC #AD55DC #DC6955 #84DC55

square

#55C8DC #AD55DC #DC6955 #84DC55

split-complementary

#55C8DC #DC5584 #DCAD55

monochromatic

#1F8697 #2AB2CA #55C8DC #88D8E6 #BBE9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#55C8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#55C8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8DC

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8DC	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.106 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9e6',
    500: '#55c8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8dc;
$custom-light: #92d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77486,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8DC

secondary

#E0B4AC

accent

#583FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8DC

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

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