#55CBB8#55CBB8

#55CBB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.110 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBB8
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 184)
HSL	hsl(170, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(170, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 9.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -37.70, -0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 37.70, 180.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.1098 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.11 181)
XYZ	xyz(33.7501, 48.1005, 52.8438)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBB8 #CB5568

analogous

#55CB7D #55CBB8 #55A3CB

triadic

#55CBB8 #B855CB #CBB855

tetradic

#55CBB8 #7D55CB #CB5568 #A3CB55

square

#55CBB8 #7D55CB #CB5568 #A3CB55

split-complementary

#55CBB8 #CB55A3 #CB7D55

monochromatic

#277F71 #35AE9A #55CBB8 #84D9CC #B3E8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#55CBB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#55CBB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBB8

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBB8	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C0B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.110 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbcd',
    500: '#55cbb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbb8;
$custom-light: #90dbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.339,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76976,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.48104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBB8

secondary

#D6A6AD

accent

#4B63DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBB8

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

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