#55CBB0#55CBB0

#55CBB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.114 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBB0
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 176)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(166, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 13.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -39.68, 3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 39.84, 174.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.1134 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.114 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9351, 47.7745, 48.5516)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBB0 #CB5570

analogous

#55CB75 #55CBB0 #55ABCB

triadic

#55CBB0 #B055CB #CBB055

tetradic

#55CBB0 #7555CB #CB5570 #ABCB55

square

#55CBB0 #7555CB #CB5570 #ABCB55

split-complementary

#55CBB0 #CB55AB #CB7555

monochromatic

#277F6B #35AE92 #55CBB0 #84D9C6 #B3E8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55CBB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#55CBB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBB0

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBB0	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)

#C4BFAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.114 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbc7',
    500: '#55cbb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbb0;
$custom-light: #90dbc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.271,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76741,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBB0

secondary

#D6A6B1

accent

#4B6CDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBB0

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

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