#55CDCD#55CDCD

#55CDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.106 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDCD
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -33.11, -10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 34.60, 196.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.1028 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.106 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5923, 49.9979, 65.4679)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDCD #CD5555

analogous

#55CD91 #55CDCD #5591CD

triadic

#55CDCD #CD55CD #CDCD55

tetradic

#55CDCD #9155CD #CD5555 #91CD55

square

#55CDCD #9155CD #CD5555 #91CD55

split-complementary

#55CDCD #CD5591 #CD9155

monochromatic

#268282 #34B1B1 #55CDCD #84DBDB #B4E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#55CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#55CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDCD

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDCD	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.106 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dcdc',
    500: '#55cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cdcd;
$custom-light: #92dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78127,
    "c": 0.10649,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDCD

secondary

#893D3D

accent

#4A4ADE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDCD

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

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