#55CBB4#55CBB4

#55CBB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.112 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBB4
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 180)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 11.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -38.70, 1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 38.73, 177.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.1116 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.112 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3367, 47.9351, 50.6667)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBB4 #CB556C

analogous

#55CB79 #55CBB4 #55A7CB

triadic

#55CBB4 #B455CB #CBB455

tetradic

#55CBB4 #7955CB #CB556C #A7CB55

square

#55CBB4 #7955CB #CB556C #A7CB55

split-complementary

#55CBB4 #CB55A7 #CB7955

monochromatic

#277F6E #35AE96 #55CBB4 #84D9C9 #B3E8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#55CBB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#55CBB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBB4

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBB4	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B3B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.112 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbca',
    500: '#55cbb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbb4;
$custom-light: #90dbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.305,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76857,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBB4

secondary

#D6A6AF

accent

#4B68DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBB4

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

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