#55CEC2#55CEC2

#55CEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.109 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEC2
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 194)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 5.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, -36.51, -4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 36.74, 186.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.1086 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.109 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5509, 49.9653, 58.7992)
Luminance	0.4997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEC2 #CE5561

analogous

#55CE86 #55CEC2 #559DCE

triadic

#55CEC2 #C255CE #CEC255

tetradic

#55CEC2 #8655CE #CE5561 #9DCE55

square

#55CEC2 #8655CE #CE5561 #9DCE55

split-complementary

#55CEC2 #CE559D #CE8655

monochromatic

#26837A #33B2A6 #55CEC2 #85DCD3 #B4E9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#55CEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#55CEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEC2

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEC2	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C4C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B6C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.109 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ddd4',
    500: '#55cec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cec2;
$custom-light: #91ddd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.05,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78006,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEC2

secondary

#D8A7AC

accent

#4958DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEC2

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

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