#55CACE#55CACE

#55CACE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.104 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CACE
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -31.41, -11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 33.58, 200.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0992 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.105 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0027, 48.6249, 65.8687)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CACE #CE5955

analogous

#55CE95 #55CACE #558ECE

triadic

#55CACE #CE55CA #CACE55

tetradic

#55CACE #9555CE #CE5955 #8ECE55

square

#55CACE #9555CE #CE5955 #8ECE55

split-complementary

#55CACE #CE558E #CE9555

monochromatic

#268083 #33AEB2 #55CACE #85D9DC #B4E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#55CACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#55CACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CACE

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CACE	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.104 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dadc',
    500: '#55cace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cace;
$custom-light: #91dadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.983,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7745,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CACE

secondary

#D8A8A7

accent

#4E49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CACE

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

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