#55CBD4#55CBD4

#55CBD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.106 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBD4
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 212)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -30.22, -14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 33.47, 205.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0977 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.106 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9809, 49.3928, 69.8594)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBD4 #D45E55

analogous

#55D49D #55CBD4 #558BD4

triadic

#55CBD4 #D455CB #CBD455

tetradic

#55CBD4 #9D55D4 #D45E55 #8BD455

square

#55CBD4 #9D55D4 #D45E55 #8BD455

split-complementary

#55CBD4 #D4558B #D49D55

monochromatic

#23848B #30B2BC #55CBD4 #86DAE0 #B7E9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#55CBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#55CBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBD4

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBD4	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC3D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.106 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dbe1',
    500: '#55cbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbd4;
$custom-light: #92dbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.252,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77897,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBD4

secondary

#DCADA9

accent

#5045E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBD4

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

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