#55CBCE#55CBCE

#55CBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.105 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBCE
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 1.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -31.88, -11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 33.87, 199.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.1002 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.105 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2381, 49.0957, 65.9472)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBCE #CE5855

analogous

#55CE95 #55CBCE #558ECE

triadic

#55CBCE #CE55CB #CBCE55

tetradic

#55CBCE #9555CE #CE5855 #8ECE55

square

#55CBCE #9555CE #CE5855 #8ECE55

split-complementary

#55CBCE #CE558E #CE9555

monochromatic

#268183 #33AFB2 #55CBCE #85DADC #B4E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#55CBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#55CBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBCE

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBCE	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.105 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbdc',
    500: '#55cbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbce;
$custom-light: #91dbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.488,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77687,
    "c": 0.10513,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBCE

secondary

#D8A8A7

accent

#4D49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBCE

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

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