#55CECD#55CECD

#55CECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.107 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CECD
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -33.58, -9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 34.93, 196.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.1038 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.107 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8323, 50.4779, 65.5479)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CECD #CE5556

analogous

#55CE91 #55CECD #5593CE

triadic

#55CECD #CD55CE #CECD55

tetradic

#55CECD #9155CE #CE5556 #93CE55

square

#55CECD #9155CE #CE5556 #93CE55

split-complementary

#55CECD #CE5593 #CE9155

monochromatic

#268382 #33B2B1 #55CECD #85DCDB #B4E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#55CECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#55CECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CECD

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CECD	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.107 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dddc',
    500: '#55cecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cecd;
$custom-light: #92dddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.504,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78365,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CECD

secondary

#8A3D3E

accent

#494ADF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CECD

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

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