#55CBB9#55CBB9

#55CBB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.109 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBB9
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 185)
HSL	hsl(171, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(171, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 8.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -37.44, -0.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 37.45, 181.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.1093 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.109 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8553, 48.1425, 53.3978)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBB9 #CB5567

analogous

#55CB7E #55CBB9 #55A2CB

triadic

#55CBB9 #B955CB #CBB955

tetradic

#55CBB9 #7E55CB #CB5567 #A2CB55

square

#55CBB9 #7E55CB #CB5567 #A2CB55

split-complementary

#55CBB9 #CB55A2 #CB7E55

monochromatic

#277F71 #35AE9B #55CBB9 #84D9CC #B3E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#55CBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#55CBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBB9

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBB9	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C0B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.109 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbce',
    500: '#55cbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbb9;
$custom-light: #90dbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.847,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77006,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBB9

secondary

#D6A6AD

accent

#4B61DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBB9

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

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