#55CBCA#55CBCA

#55CBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.105 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBCA
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 202)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -32.98, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 34.31, 196.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.1019 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.105 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7583, 48.9038, 63.4206)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBCA #CB5556

analogous

#55CB8F #55CBCA #5591CB

triadic

#55CBCA #CA55CB #CBCA55

tetradic

#55CBCA #8F55CB #CB5556 #91CB55

square

#55CBCA #8F55CB #CB5556 #91CB55

split-complementary

#55CBCA #CB5591 #CB8F55

monochromatic

#277F7E #35AEAD #55CBCA #84D9D9 #B3E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#55CBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#55CBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBCA

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBCA	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.105 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbda',
    500: '#55cbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbca;
$custom-light: #91dbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.492,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77551,
    "c": 0.10526,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBCA

secondary

#D6A6A6

accent

#4B4CDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBCA

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

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