#55CDC6#55CDC6

#55CDC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.107 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDC6
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 198)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 3.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -34.99, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 35.61, 190.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.1058 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.107 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7662, 49.6675, 61.1170)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDC6 #CD555C

analogous

#55CD8A #55CDC6 #5598CD

triadic

#55CDC6 #C655CD #CDC655

tetradic

#55CDC6 #8A55CD #CD555C #98CD55

square

#55CDC6 #8A55CD #CD555C #98CD55

split-complementary

#55CDC6 #CD5598 #CD8A55

monochromatic

#26827C #34B1AA #55CDC6 #84DBD6 #B4E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#55CDC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#55CDC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDC6

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDC6	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)

#C2C3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.107 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dcd7',
    500: '#55cdc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdc6;
$custom-light: #91dcd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77895,
    "c": 0.10736,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDC6

secondary

#D7A6A9

accent

#4A53DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDC6

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

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