#55C9C8#55C9C8

#55C9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.104 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C9C8
RGB	rgb(85, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -32.57, -9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 33.88, 196.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.1007 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.104 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0538, 47.8711, 62.0251)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C9C8 #C95556

analogous

#55C98E #55C9C8 #5590C9

triadic

#55C9C8 #C855C9 #C9C855

tetradic

#55C9C8 #8E55C9 #C95556 #90C955

square

#55C9C8 #8E55C9 #C95556 #90C955

split-complementary

#55C9C8 #C95590 #C98E55

monochromatic

#277C7B #36ABAA #55C9C8 #83D8D7 #B2E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55C9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#55C9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C9C8

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C9C8	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.104 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dad8',
    500: '#55c9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c9c8;
$custom-light: #91dad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.483,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77007,
    "c": 0.10396,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C9C8

secondary

#D5A5A5

accent

#4D4EDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C9C8

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

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