#55CEC8#55CEC8

#55CEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.108 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CEC8
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 200)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 2.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -34.92, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 35.65, 191.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.106 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.108 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2384, 50.2403, 62.4199)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CEC8 #CE555B

analogous

#55CE8C #55CEC8 #5597CE

triadic

#55CEC8 #C855CE #CEC855

tetradic

#55CEC8 #8C55CE #CE555B #97CE55

square

#55CEC8 #8C55CE #CE555B #97CE55

split-complementary

#55CEC8 #CE5597 #CE8C55

monochromatic

#26837E #33B2AC #55CEC8 #85DCD7 #B4E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#55CEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#55CEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CEC8

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CEC8	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.108 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ddd8',
    500: '#55cec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cec8;
$custom-light: #91ddd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.025,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78199,
    "c": 0.10782,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CEC8

secondary

#8A3D41

accent

#4951DF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CEC8

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

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