#55C9CC#55C9CC

#55C9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.104 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C9CC
RGB	rgb(85, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -31.48, -11.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 33.45, 199.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.099 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.104 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5274, 48.0606, 64.5193)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C9CC #CC5855

analogous

#55CC94 #55C9CC #558ECC

triadic

#55C9CC #CC55C9 #C9CC55

tetradic

#55C9CC #9455CC #CC5855 #8ECC55

square

#55C9CC #9455CC #CC5855 #8ECC55

split-complementary

#55C9CC #CC558E #CC9455

monochromatic

#267E80 #35ACAF #55C9CC #84D8DA #B3E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#55C9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#55C9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C9CC

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C9CC	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.104 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dadb',
    500: '#55c9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c9cc;
$custom-light: #91dadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.513,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77144,
    "c": 0.10383,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C9CC

secondary

#D7A7A6

accent

#4E4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C9CC

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

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