#55CDC8#55CDC8

#55CDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.107 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDC8
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -34.46, -7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 35.28, 192.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.1049 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.107 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9984, 49.7604, 62.3400)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDC8 #CD555A

analogous

#55CD8C #55CDC8 #5596CD

triadic

#55CDC8 #C855CD #CDC855

tetradic

#55CDC8 #8C55CD #CD555A #96CD55

square

#55CDC8 #8C55CD #CD555A #96CD55

split-complementary

#55CDC8 #CD5596 #CD8C55

monochromatic

#26827E #34B1AC #55CDC8 #84DBD7 #B4E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#55CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#55CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDC8

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDC8	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.107 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dcd8',
    500: '#55cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdc8;
$custom-light: #91dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7796,
    "c": 0.107,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDC8

secondary

#D7A6A8

accent

#4A50DE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDC8

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

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