#55CBC5#55CBC5

#55CBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.106 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBC5
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 197)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -34.32, -6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 35.02, 191.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.1041 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.106 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1759, 48.6708, 60.3531)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBC5 #CB555B

analogous

#55CB8A #55CBC5 #5596CB

triadic

#55CBC5 #C555CB #CBC555

tetradic

#55CBC5 #8A55CB #CB555B #96CB55

square

#55CBC5 #8A55CB #CB555B #96CB55

split-complementary

#55CBC5 #CB5596 #CB8A55

monochromatic

#277F7A #35AEA8 #55CBC5 #84D9D5 #B3E8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#55CBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#55CBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBC5

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBC5	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.106 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbd6',
    500: '#55cbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbc5;
$custom-light: #91dbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.949,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77385,
    "c": 0.10588,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBC5

secondary

#D6A6A8

accent

#4B53DD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBC5

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

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