#55CECE#55CECE

#55CECE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.107 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CECE
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -33.31, -10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 34.81, 196.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.1034 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.107 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9534, 50.5263, 66.1856)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CECE #CE5555

analogous

#55CE92 #55CECE #5592CE

triadic

#55CECE #CE55CE #CECE55

tetradic

#55CECE #9255CE #CE5555 #92CE55

square

#55CECE #9255CE #CE5555 #92CE55

split-complementary

#55CECE #CE5592 #CE9255

monochromatic

#268383 #33B2B2 #55CECE #85DCDC #B4E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#55CECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#55CECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CECE

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CECE	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.107 195.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78398,
    "c": 0.10713,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CECE

secondary

#8A3D3D

accent

#4949DF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CECE

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

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