#55CDC2#55CDC2

#55CDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.108 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDC2
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 194)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 5.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -36.04, -4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 36.34, 187.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.1075 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.108 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3109, 49.4854, 58.7192)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDC2 #CD5560

analogous

#55CD86 #55CDC2 #559CCD

triadic

#55CDC2 #C255CD #CDC255

tetradic

#55CDC2 #8655CD #CD5560 #9CCD55

square

#55CDC2 #8655CD #CD5560 #9CCD55

split-complementary

#55CDC2 #CD559C #CD8655

monochromatic

#268279 #34B1A5 #55CDC2 #84DBD3 #B4E9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#55CDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#55CDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDC2

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDC2	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)

#C3C3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B5C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.108 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ddd4',
    500: '#55cdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdc2;
$custom-light: #91ddd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77767,
    "c": 0.10829,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDC2

secondary

#D7A6AB

accent

#4A57DE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDC2

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

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