#55CDCE#55CDCE

#55CDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.106 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CDCE
RGB	rgb(85, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -32.84, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 34.49, 197.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.1023 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.106 196)
XYZ	xyz(36.7134, 50.0464, 66.1056)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CDCE #CE5655

analogous

#55CE93 #55CDCE #5591CE

triadic

#55CDCE #CE55CD #CDCE55

tetradic

#55CDCE #9355CE #CE5655 #91CE55

square

#55CDCE #9355CE #CE5655 #91CE55

split-complementary

#55CDCE #CE5591 #CE9355

monochromatic

#268283 #33B1B2 #55CDCE #85DBDC #B4E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#55CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#55CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CDCE

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CDCE	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.106 196.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.496,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78161,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.5005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CDCE

secondary

#8A3E3D

accent

#4A49DF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CDCE

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

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