#55CBBA#55CBBA

#55CBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.109 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBBA
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 186)
HSL	hsl(171, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(171, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 8.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -37.19, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 37.22, 182.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.1089 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.109 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9612, 48.1849, 53.9557)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBBA #CB5566

analogous

#55CB7F #55CBBA #55A1CB

triadic

#55CBBA #BA55CB #CBBA55

tetradic

#55CBBA #7F55CB #CB5566 #A1CB55

square

#55CBBA #7F55CB #CB5566 #A1CB55

split-complementary

#55CBBA #CB55A1 #CB7F55

monochromatic

#277F72 #35AE9C #55CBBA #84D9CD #B3E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#55CBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#55CBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBBA

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBBA	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C0B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.109 182.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.356,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77037,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBBA

secondary

#D6A6AD

accent

#4B60DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBBA

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

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