#55CECC#55CECC

#55CECC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.107 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CECC
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 204)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -33.85, -9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 35.06, 195.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.1042 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.107 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7120, 50.4297, 64.9142)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CECC #CE5557

analogous

#55CE8F #55CECC #5594CE

triadic

#55CECC #CC55CE #CECC55

tetradic

#55CECC #8F55CE #CE5557 #94CE55

square

#55CECC #8F55CE #CE5557 #94CE55

split-complementary

#55CECC #CE5594 #CE8F55

monochromatic

#268381 #33B2B0 #55CECC #85DCDA #B4E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#55CECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#55CECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CECC

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CECC	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.107 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dddb',
    500: '#55cecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cecc;
$custom-light: #92dddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.008,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78331,
    "c": 0.10728,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CECC

secondary

#8A3D3E

accent

#494CDF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CECC

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

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