#55CBC6#55CBC6

#55CBC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.106 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBC6
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 198)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 2.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -34.05, -7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 34.86, 192.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.1036 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.106 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2908, 48.7168, 60.9586)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBC6 #CB555A

analogous

#55CB8B #55CBC6 #5595CB

triadic

#55CBC6 #C655CB #CBC655

tetradic

#55CBC6 #8B55CB #CB555A #95CB55

square

#55CBC6 #8B55CB #CB555A #95CB55

split-complementary

#55CBC6 #CB5595 #CB8B55

monochromatic

#277F7B #35AEA9 #55CBC6 #84D9D6 #B3E8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#55CBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#55CBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBC6

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBC6	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.106 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbd7',
    500: '#55cbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbc6;
$custom-light: #91dbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.458,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77418,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBC6

secondary

#D6A6A8

accent

#4B51DD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBC6

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

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