#55CCD8#55CCD8

#55CCD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.107 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CCD8
RGB	rgb(85, 204, 216)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 5.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -29.57, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 33.59, 208.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0971 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.107 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7286, 50.0710, 72.6288)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CCD8 #D86155

analogous

#55D8A3 #55CCD8 #558BD8

triadic

#55CCD8 #D855CC #CCD855

tetradic

#55CCD8 #A355D8 #D86155 #8BD855

square

#55CCD8 #A355D8 #D86155 #8BD855

split-complementary

#55CCD8 #D8558B #D8A355

monochromatic

#218791 #2DB5C3 #55CCD8 #87DBE3 #B9EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#55CCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#55CCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CCD8

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CCD8	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ccd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 204, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.107 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dce4',
    500: '#55ccd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ccd8;
$custom-light: #92dce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ccd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.496,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78275,
    "c": 0.10669,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CCD8

secondary

#96433B

accent

#5142E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CCD8

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

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