#55CABE#55CABE

#55CABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.107 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CABE
RGB	rgb(85, 202, 190)
HSL	hsl(174, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 5.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -35.70, -3.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 35.91, 186.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.1061 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.107 186)
XYZ	xyz(34.1570, 47.8866, 56.1482)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CABE #CA5561

analogous

#55CA84 #55CABE #559CCA

triadic

#55CABE #BE55CA #CABE55

tetradic

#55CABE #8455CA #CA5561 #9CCA55

square

#55CABE #8455CA #CA5561 #9CCA55

split-complementary

#55CABE #CA559C #CA8455

monochromatic

#277D75 #36ACA0 #55CABE #84D9D0 #B2E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55CABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#55CABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CABE

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CABE	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 202, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.107 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dad1',
    500: '#55cabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cabe;
$custom-light: #90dad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.846,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7692,
    "c": 0.10665,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.4789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CABE

secondary

#D5A5AA

accent

#4C5BDC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CABE

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

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