#55CDCA#55CDCA

#55CDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.107 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDCA
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 202)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -33.92, -8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 34.99, 194.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.104 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.107 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2337, 49.8545, 63.5790)
Luminance	0.4986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDCA #CD5558

analogous

#55CD8E #55CDCA #5594CD

triadic

#55CDCA #CA55CD #CDCA55

tetradic

#55CDCA #8E55CD #CD5558 #94CD55

square

#55CDCA #8E55CD #CD5558 #94CD55

split-complementary

#55CDCA #CD5594 #CD8E55

monochromatic

#26827F #34B1AE #55CDCA #84DBD9 #B4E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#55CDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#55CDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDCA

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDCA	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.107 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dcda',
    500: '#55cdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdca;
$custom-light: #91dcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78027,
    "c": 0.10674,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDCA

secondary

#D7A6A8

accent

#4A4EDE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDCA

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

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