#55CABA#55CABA

#55CABA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.108 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CABA
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 186)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 7.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -36.73, -1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 36.78, 182.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.1078 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.108 183)
XYZ	xyz(33.7258, 47.7141, 53.8772)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CABA #CA5565

analogous

#55CA80 #55CABA #55A0CA

triadic

#55CABA #BA55CA #CABA55

tetradic

#55CABA #8055CA #CA5565 #A0CA55

square

#55CABA #8055CA #CA5565 #A0CA55

split-complementary

#55CABA #CA55A0 #CA8055

monochromatic

#277D72 #36AC9C #55CABA #84D9CD #B2E7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55CABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#55CABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CABA

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CABA	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BFB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55caba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.108 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dace',
    500: '#55caba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55caba;
$custom-light: #90dace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55caba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.795,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76796,
    "c": 0.10799,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.47718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CABA

secondary

#D5A5AC

accent

#4C60DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CABA

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

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