#55CBC2#55CBC2

#55CBC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.106 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBC2
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 194)
HSL	hsl(175, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 4.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -35.11, -5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 35.54, 188.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.1054 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.107 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8356, 48.5347, 58.5608)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBC2 #CB555E

analogous

#55CB87 #55CBC2 #5599CB

triadic

#55CBC2 #C255CB #CBC255

tetradic

#55CBC2 #8755CB #CB555E #99CB55

square

#55CBC2 #8755CB #CB555E #99CB55

split-complementary

#55CBC2 #CB5599 #CB8755

monochromatic

#277F78 #35AEA4 #55CBC2 #84D9D3 #B3E8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#55CBC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#55CBC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBC2

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBC2	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C1C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.106 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbd4',
    500: '#55cbc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbc2;
$custom-light: #91dbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.424,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77288,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBC2

secondary

#D6A6A9

accent

#4B56DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBC2

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

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