#55CCE0#55CCE0

#55CCE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.109 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CCE0
RGB	rgb(85, 204, 224)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -27.28, -19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 33.74, 216.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0939 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.109 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7881, 50.4948, 78.2088)
Luminance	0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CCE0 #E06955

analogous

#55E0AE #55CCE0 #5586E0

triadic

#55CCE0 #E055CC #CCE055

tetradic

#55CCE0 #AE55E0 #E06955 #86E055

square

#55CCE0 #AE55E0 #E06955 #86E055

split-complementary

#55CCE0 #E05586 #E0AE55

monochromatic

#1D8B9E #26B9D2 #55CCE0 #89DCE9 #BDEBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#55CCE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#55CCE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CCE0

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CCE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CCE0	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 204, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.109 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dce9',
    500: '#55cce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cce0;
$custom-light: #93dce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.633,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7857,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CCE0

secondary

#A14738

accent

#3014D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CCE0

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

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