#55D0CC#55D0CC

#55D0CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.109 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55D0CC
RGB	rgb(85, 208, 204)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 1.9%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -34.79, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 35.76, 193.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.1063 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.109 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1965, 51.3988, 65.0757)
Luminance	0.5140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55D0CC #D05559

analogous

#55D08F #55D0CC #5596D0

triadic

#55D0CC #CC55D0 #D0CC55

tetradic

#55D0CC #8F55D0 #D05559 #96D055

square

#55D0CC #8F55D0 #D05559 #96D055

split-complementary

#55D0CC #D05596 #D08F55

monochromatic

#258683 #32B6B1 #55D0CC #85DDDA #B5EBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#55D0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#55D0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55D0CC

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55D0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55D0CC	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55d0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 208, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.109 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dfdb',
    500: '#55d0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55d0cc;
$custom-light: #92dfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55d0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.049,
    "s": 56.682,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78807,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55D0CC

secondary

#8D3D3F

accent

#484DE0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55D0CC

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

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