#55CBAD#55CBAD

#55CBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.115 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBAD
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 173)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 14.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -40.41, 5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 40.72, 172.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.1147 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.115 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6415, 47.6571, 47.0056)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBAD #CB5573

analogous

#55CB72 #55CBAD #55AECB

triadic

#55CBAD #AD55CB #CBAD55

tetradic

#55CBAD #7255CB #CB5573 #AECB55

square

#55CBAD #7255CB #CB5573 #AECB55

split-complementary

#55CBAD #CB55AE #CB7255

monochromatic

#277F68 #35AE8F #55CBAD #84D9C4 #B3E8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55CBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#55CBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBAD

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBAD	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.115 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbc5',
    500: '#55cbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbad;
$custom-light: #90dbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.746,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76656,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBAD

secondary

#D6A6B2

accent

#4B70DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBAD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →