#55CBC3#55CBC3

#55CBC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.106 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBC3
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 195)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 3.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -34.85, -5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 35.36, 189.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.1049 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.106 189)
XYZ	xyz(34.9482, 48.5797, 59.1542)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBC3 #CB555D

analogous

#55CB88 #55CBC3 #5598CB

triadic

#55CBC3 #C355CB #CBC355

tetradic

#55CBC3 #8855CB #CB555D #98CB55

square

#55CBC3 #8855CB #CB555D #98CB55

split-complementary

#55CBC3 #CB5598 #CB8855

monochromatic

#277F79 #35AEA6 #55CBC3 #84D9D4 #B3E8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#55CBC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#55CBC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBC3

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBC3	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.106 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbd5',
    500: '#55cbc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbc3;
$custom-light: #91dbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.932,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7732,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.48583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBC3

secondary

#D6A6A9

accent

#4B55DD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBC3

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

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