#55CDC5#55CDC5

#55CDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.108 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDC5
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 197)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -35.26, -6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 35.78, 189.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.1062 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.108 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6512, 49.6215, 60.5116)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDC5 #CD555D

analogous

#55CD89 #55CDC5 #5599CD

triadic

#55CDC5 #C555CD #CDC555

tetradic

#55CDC5 #8955CD #CD555D #99CD55

square

#55CDC5 #8955CD #CD555D #99CD55

split-complementary

#55CDC5 #CD5599 #CD8955

monochromatic

#26827B #34B1A8 #55CDC5 #84DBD5 #B4E9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#55CDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#55CDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDC5

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDC5	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.108 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dcd6',
    500: '#55cdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdc5;
$custom-light: #91dcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77863,
    "c": 0.10756,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDC5

secondary

#D7A6AA

accent

#4A54DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDC5

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

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