#55CBBD#55CBBD

#55CBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.108 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBBD
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 189)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -36.42, -2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 36.54, 184.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.1076 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.108 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2835, 48.3138, 55.6530)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBBD #CB5563

analogous

#55CB82 #55CBBD #559ECB

triadic

#55CBBD #BD55CB #CBBD55

tetradic

#55CBBD #8255CB #CB5563 #9ECB55

square

#55CBBD #8255CB #CB5563 #9ECB55

split-complementary

#55CBBD #CB559E #CB8255

monochromatic

#277F74 #35AE9F #55CBBD #84D9CF #B3E8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#55CBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#55CBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBBD

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBBD	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.108 184.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.881,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77129,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBBD

secondary

#D6A6AB

accent

#4B5CDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBBD

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

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