#55CEC7#55CEC7

#55CEC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.108 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEC7
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 199)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 3.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -35.19, -6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 35.81, 190.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.1064 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.108 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1219, 50.1937, 61.8065)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEC7 #CE555C

analogous

#55CE8B #55CEC7 #5599CE

triadic

#55CEC7 #C755CE #CEC755

tetradic

#55CEC7 #8B55CE #CE555C #99CE55

square

#55CEC7 #8B55CE #CE555C #99CE55

split-complementary

#55CEC7 #CE5599 #CE8B55

monochromatic

#26837D #33B2AB #55CEC7 #85DCD7 #B4E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#55CEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#55CEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEC7

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEC7	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C4C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.108 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ddd7',
    500: '#55cec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cec7;
$custom-light: #91ddd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.529,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78166,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEC7

secondary

#8A3D42

accent

#4952DF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEC7

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

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