#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
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -31.96, -10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 33.76, 198.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.1 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.104 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7613, 48.5283, 64.5973)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##55CACC	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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