#55CDC4#55CDC4

#55CDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.108 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDC4
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 196)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 4.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -35.52, -5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 35.96, 188.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.1066 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.108 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5370, 49.5758, 59.9101)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDC4 #CD555E

analogous

#55CD88 #55CDC4 #559ACD

triadic

#55CDC4 #C455CD #CDC455

tetradic

#55CDC4 #8855CD #CD555E #9ACD55

square

#55CDC4 #8855CD #CD555E #9ACD55

split-complementary

#55CDC4 #CD559A #CD8855

monochromatic

#26827B #34B1A7 #55CDC4 #84DBD4 #B4E9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#55CDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#55CDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDC4

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDC4	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.108 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dcd5',
    500: '#55cdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdc4;
$custom-light: #91dcd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77831,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDC4

secondary

#D7A6AA

accent

#4A55DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDC4

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

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