#55CBAE#55CBAE

#55CBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.115 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBAE
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 14.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -40.17, 4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 40.42, 173.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.1143 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.115 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7387, 47.6959, 47.5171)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBAE #CB5572

analogous

#55CB73 #55CBAE #55ADCB

triadic

#55CBAE #AE55CB #CBAE55

tetradic

#55CBAE #7355CB #CB5572 #ADCB55

square

#55CBAE #7355CB #CB5572 #ADCB55

split-complementary

#55CBAE #CB55AD #CB7355

monochromatic

#277F69 #35AE90 #55CBAE #84D9C4 #B3E8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55CBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#55CBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBAE

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBAE	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)

#C5BFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.115 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbc6',
    500: '#55cbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbae;
$custom-light: #90dbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.254,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76684,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBAE

secondary

#D6A6B2

accent

#4B6FDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBAE

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

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