#55CECA#55CECA

#55CECA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.108 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CECA
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 202)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 1.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -34.39, -8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 35.34, 193.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.1051 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.108 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4736, 50.3344, 63.6590)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CECA #CE5559

analogous

#55CE8E #55CECA #5595CE

triadic

#55CECA #CA55CE #CECA55

tetradic

#55CECA #8E55CE #CE5559 #95CE55

square

#55CECA #8E55CE #CE5559 #95CE55

split-complementary

#55CECA #CE5595 #CE8E55

monochromatic

#268380 #33B2AE #55CECA #85DCD9 #B4E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#55CECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#55CECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CECA

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CECA	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ceca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.108 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ddda',
    500: '#55ceca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ceca;
$custom-light: #91ddda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ceca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.017,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78265,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CECA

secondary

#8A3D40

accent

#494EDF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CECA

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

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