#55CED4#55CED4

#55CED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.107 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CED4
RGB	rgb(85, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -31.66, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 34.26, 202.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.1009 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.107 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6962, 50.8234, 70.0979)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CED4 #D45B55

analogous

#55D49B #55CED4 #558ED4

triadic

#55CED4 #D455CE #CED455

tetradic

#55CED4 #9B55D4 #D45B55 #8ED455

square

#55CED4 #9B55D4 #D45B55 #8ED455

split-complementary

#55CED4 #D4558E #D49B55

monochromatic

#23868B #30B6BC #55CED4 #86DCE0 #B7EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#55CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#55CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CED4

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CED4	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.107 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dde1',
    500: '#55ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55ced4;
$custom-light: #92dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.835,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78604,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CED4

secondary

#91403C

accent

#4C45E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CED4

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

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