#55CBBC#55CBBC

#55CBBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.108 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBBC
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 188)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 7.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -36.68, -2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 36.76, 183.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.108 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.108 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1753, 48.2706, 55.0833)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBBC #CB5564

analogous

#55CB81 #55CBBC #559FCB

triadic

#55CBBC #BC55CB #CBBC55

tetradic

#55CBBC #8155CB #CB5564 #9FCB55

square

#55CBBC #8155CB #CB5564 #9FCB55

split-complementary

#55CBBC #CB559F #CB8155

monochromatic

#277F74 #35AE9E #55CBBC #84D9CE #B3E8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#55CBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#55CBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBBC

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBBC	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.108 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbd0',
    500: '#55cbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbbc;
$custom-light: #90dbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.373,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77098,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBBC

secondary

#D6A6AC

accent

#4B5EDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBBC

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

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