#55CABC#55CABC

#55CABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.107 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CABC
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 188)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -36.21, -2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 36.33, 184.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.1069 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.107 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9399, 47.7998, 55.0048)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CABC #CA5563

analogous

#55CA82 #55CABC #559ECA

triadic

#55CABC #BC55CA #CABC55

tetradic

#55CABC #8255CA #CA5563 #9ECA55

square

#55CABC #8255CA #CA5563 #9ECA55

split-complementary

#55CABC #CA559E #CA8255

monochromatic

#277D73 #36AC9E #55CABC #84D9CE #B2E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55CABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#55CABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CABC

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CABC	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.107 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dad0',
    500: '#55cabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cabc;
$custom-light: #90dad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.821,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76858,
    "c": 0.10728,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CABC

secondary

#D5A5AB

accent

#4C5DDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CABC

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

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