#55CBB5#55CBB5

#55CBB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.111 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBB5
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 181)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 10.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -38.45, 1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 38.46, 178.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.1111 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.111 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4389, 47.9760, 51.2052)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBB5 #CB556B

analogous

#55CB7A #55CBB5 #55A6CB

triadic

#55CBB5 #B555CB #CBB555

tetradic

#55CBB5 #7A55CB #CB556B #A6CB55

square

#55CBB5 #7A55CB #CB556B #A6CB55

split-complementary

#55CBB5 #CB55A6 #CB7A55

monochromatic

#277F6E #35AE97 #55CBB5 #84D9C9 #B3E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#55CBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#55CBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBB5

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBB5	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.111 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbcb',
    500: '#55cbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbb5;
$custom-light: #90dbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.814,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76886,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBB5

secondary

#D6A6AF

accent

#4B66DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBB5

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

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