#55CFC8#55CFC8

#55CFC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.109 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CFC8
RGB	rgb(85, 207, 200)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 3.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -35.39, -6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 36.02, 190.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.107 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.109 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4799, 50.7233, 62.5004)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CFC8 #CF555C

analogous

#55CF8B #55CFC8 #5599CF

triadic

#55CFC8 #C855CF #CFC855

tetradic

#55CFC8 #8B55CF #CF555C #99CF55

square

#55CFC8 #8B55CF #CF555C #99CF55

split-complementary

#55CFC8 #CF5599 #CF8B55

monochromatic

#25847F #33B4AD #55CFC8 #85DCD7 #B4EAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#55CFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#55CFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CFC8

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CFC8	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cfc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 207, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.109 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ded8',
    500: '#55cfc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cfc8;
$custom-light: #91ded8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cfc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.557,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78437,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CFC8

secondary

#8B3D41

accent

#4951DF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CFC8

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

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