#55CBB2#55CBB2

#55CBB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.113 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBB2
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 178)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(167, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 12.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -39.19, 2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 39.27, 176.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.1125 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.113 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1344, 47.8542, 49.6015)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBB2 #CB556E

analogous

#55CB77 #55CBB2 #55A9CB

triadic

#55CBB2 #B255CB #CBB255

tetradic

#55CBB2 #7755CB #CB556E #A9CB55

square

#55CBB2 #7755CB #CB556E #A9CB55

split-complementary

#55CBB2 #CB55A9 #CB7755

monochromatic

#277F6C #35AE94 #55CBB2 #84D9C7 #B3E8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#55CBB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#55CBB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBB2

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBB2	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C0B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.113 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbc9',
    500: '#55cbb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbb2;
$custom-light: #90dbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.288,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76798,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBB2

secondary

#D6A6B0

accent

#4B6ADD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBB2

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

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