#55CECB#55CECB

#55CECB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.107 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CECB
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 203)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -34.12, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 35.20, 194.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.1047 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.107 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5924, 50.3819, 64.2846)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CECB #CE5558

analogous

#55CE8E #55CECB #5595CE

triadic

#55CECB #CB55CE #CECB55

tetradic

#55CECB #8E55CE #CE5558 #95CE55

square

#55CECB #8E55CE #CE5558 #95CE55

split-complementary

#55CECB #CE5595 #CE8E55

monochromatic

#268381 #33B2AF #55CECB #85DCDA #B4E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#55CECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#55CECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CECB

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CECB	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.107 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ddda',
    500: '#55cecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cecb;
$custom-light: #92ddda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.512,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78298,
    "c": 0.10739,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CECB

secondary

#8A3D3F

accent

#494DDF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CECB

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

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