#55CBB6#55CBB6

#55CBB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.111 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBB6
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 182)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 10.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -38.20, 0.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 38.20, 179.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.1107 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.111 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5419, 48.0172, 51.7475)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBB6 #CB556A

analogous

#55CB7B #55CBB6 #55A5CB

triadic

#55CBB6 #B655CB #CBB655

tetradic

#55CBB6 #7B55CB #CB556A #A5CB55

square

#55CBB6 #7B55CB #CB556A #A5CB55

split-complementary

#55CBB6 #CB55A5 #CB7B55

monochromatic

#277F6F #35AE98 #55CBB6 #84D9CA #B3E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#55CBB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#55CBB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBB6

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBB6	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)

#C3C0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.111 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbcb',
    500: '#55cbb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbb6;
$custom-light: #90dbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.322,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76916,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBB6

secondary

#D6A6AE

accent

#4B65DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBB6

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

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