#55CDC0#55CDC0

#55CDC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.109 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDC0
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 192)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 6.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -36.56, -3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 36.74, 185.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.1084 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.109 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0878, 49.3961, 57.5442)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDC0 #CD5562

analogous

#55CD84 #55CDC0 #559ECD

triadic

#55CDC0 #C055CD #CDC055

tetradic

#55CDC0 #8455CD #CD5562 #9ECD55

square

#55CDC0 #8455CD #CD5562 #9ECD55

split-complementary

#55CDC0 #CD559E #CD8455

monochromatic

#268278 #34B1A3 #55CDC0 #84DBD2 #B4E9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#55CDC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#55CDC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDC0

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDC0	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.109 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ddd3',
    500: '#55cdc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdc0;
$custom-light: #91ddd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77704,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDC0

secondary

#D7A6AC

accent

#4A5ADE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDC0

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

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