#55DCCE#55DCCE

#55DCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.118 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55DCCE
RGB	rgb(85, 220, 206)
HSL	hsl(174, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 6.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -39.77, -4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 39.98, 185.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.1179 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.118 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4750, 57.5696, 67.3595)
Luminance	0.5757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55DCCE #DC5563

analogous

#55DC8B #55DCCE #55A6DC

triadic

#55DCCE #CE55DC #DCCE55

tetradic

#55DCCE #8B55DC #DC5563 #A6DC55

square

#55DCCE #8B55DC #DC5563 #A6DC55

split-complementary

#55DCCE #DC55A6 #DC8B55

monochromatic

#1F978B #2ACABA #55DCCE #88E6DD #BBF1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#55DCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#55DCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55DCCE

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55DCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55DCCE	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55dcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 220, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.118 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7dc',
    500: '#55dcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55dcce;
$custom-light: #93e7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55dcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.778,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81726,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55DCCE

secondary

#9C3944

accent

#3F51E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #55DCCE

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

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