#55CBAF#55CBAF

#55CBAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.114 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBAF
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 175)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(166, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 13.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -39.92, 4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 40.13, 174.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.1138 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.114 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8365, 47.7350, 48.0324)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBAF #CB5571

analogous

#55CB74 #55CBAF #55ACCB

triadic

#55CBAF #AF55CB #CBAF55

tetradic

#55CBAF #7455CB #CB5571 #ACCB55

square

#55CBAF #7455CB #CB5571 #ACCB55

split-complementary

#55CBAF #CB55AC #CB7455

monochromatic

#277F6A #35AE91 #55CBAF #84D9C5 #B3E8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55CBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#55CBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBAF

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBAF	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.114 174.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.763,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76712,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBAF

secondary

#D6A6B1

accent

#4B6EDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBAF

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

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