#55CAB2#55CAB2

#55CAB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.112 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CAB2
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 178)
HSL	hsl(168, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 11.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -38.74, 2.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 38.80, 176.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.1114 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.112 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8990, 47.3834, 49.5230)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CAB2 #CA556D

analogous

#55CA78 #55CAB2 #55A8CA

triadic

#55CAB2 #B255CA #CAB255

tetradic

#55CAB2 #7855CA #CA556D #A8CA55

square

#55CAB2 #7855CA #CA556D #A8CA55

split-complementary

#55CAB2 #CA55A8 #CA7855

monochromatic

#277D6C #36AC94 #55CAB2 #84D9C7 #B2E7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#55CAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#55CAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CAB2

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CAB2	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BFB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B2B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.112 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dac9',
    500: '#55cab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cab2;
$custom-light: #90dac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.692,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76556,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CAB2

secondary

#D5A5AF

accent

#4C69DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CAB2

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

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