#55CACF#55CACF

#55CACF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.105 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CACF
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 207)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -31.13, -12.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 33.50, 201.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0988 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.105 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1245, 48.6736, 66.5105)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CACF #CF5A55

analogous

#55CF97 #55CACF #558DCF

triadic

#55CACF #CF55CA #CACF55

tetradic

#55CACF #9755CF #CF5A55 #8DCF55

square

#55CACF #9755CF #CF5A55 #8DCF55

split-complementary

#55CACF #CF558D #CF9755

monochromatic

#258084 #33AFB4 #55CACF #85D9DC #B4E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#55CACF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#55CACF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CACF

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CACF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CACF	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cacf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.105 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dadd',
    500: '#55cacf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cacf;
$custom-light: #91dadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cacf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.459,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77484,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CACF

secondary

#D9A9A7

accent

#4F49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CACF

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

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