#55CCCC#55CCCC

#55CCCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.106 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CCCC
RGB	rgb(85, 204, 204)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 0%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -32.91, -10.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 34.40, 196.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.1021 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.106 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2336, 49.4729, 64.7547)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CCCC #CC5555

analogous

#55CC91 #55CCCC #5591CC

triadic

#55CCCC #CC55CC #CCCC55

tetradic

#55CCCC #9155CC #CC5555 #91CC55

square

#55CCCC #9155CC #CC5555 #91CC55

split-complementary

#55CCCC #CC5591 #CC9155

monochromatic

#268080 #35AFAF #55CCCC #84DADA #B3E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#55CCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#55CCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CCCC

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CCCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CCCC	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 204, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.106 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dcdb',
    500: '#55cccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cccc;
$custom-light: #91dcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77856,
    "c": 0.10584,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CCCC

secondary

#D7A6A6

accent

#4B4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CCCC

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

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