#55CACC#55CACC

#55CACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.104 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55CACC
RGBrgb(85, 202, 204)
HSLhsl(181, 54%, 57%)
HSVhsv(181, 58%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(58.3%, 1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(75.16, -31.96, -10.89)
CIE-LCHlch(75.16, 33.76, 198.81°)
OKLaboklab(77.38% -0.1 -0.0301)
OKLCHoklch(77.38% 0.104 196.8)
XYZxyz(35.7613, 48.5283, 64.5973)
Luminance0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55CACC #CC5755
analogous
#55CC93 #55CACC #558FCC
triadic
#55CACC #CC55CA #CACC55
tetradic
#55CACC #9355CC #CC5755 #8FCC55
square
#55CACC #9355CC #CC5755 #8FCC55
split-complementary
#55CACC #CC558F #CC9355
monochromatic
#267F80 #35ADAF #55CACC #84D9DA #B3E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96
#55CACC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71
#55CACC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CACC
10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55CACC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55CACC1.001.9610.7110.71
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7121.001.001.00
##00000010.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDC1CC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AAB3CD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D0CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55cacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.104 196.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dadb',
    500: '#55cacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55cacc;
$custom-light: #91dadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55cacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.008,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77381,
    "c": 0.10447,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55CACC
secondary
#D7A7A6
accent
#4D4BDD
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F2FBFB
border
#CCD4D4
text
#0E1515
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CACC

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#55CACC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva