#55CBB3#55CBB3

#55CBB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.112 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBB3
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 179)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 11.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -38.95, 2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 39.00, 177.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.112 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.112 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2352, 47.8945, 50.1322)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBB3 #CB556D

analogous

#55CB78 #55CBB3 #55A8CB

triadic

#55CBB3 #B355CB #CBB355

tetradic

#55CBB3 #7855CB #CB556D #A8CB55

square

#55CBB3 #7855CB #CB556D #A8CB55

split-complementary

#55CBB3 #CB55A8 #CB7855

monochromatic

#277F6D #35AE95 #55CBB3 #84D9C8 #B3E8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#55CBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#55CBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBB3

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBB3	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.112 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbc9',
    500: '#55cbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbb3;
$custom-light: #90dbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.797,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76828,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBB3

secondary

#D6A6B0

accent

#4B69DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBB3

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

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