#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
RGBrgb(85, 203, 212)
HSLhsl(184, 60%, 58%)
HSVhsv(184, 60%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(59.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(75.69, -30.22, -14.40)
CIE-LCHlch(75.69, 33.47, 205.49°)
OKLaboklab(77.9% -0.0977 -0.0399)
OKLCHoklch(77.9% 0.106 202.2)
XYZxyz(36.9809, 49.3928, 69.8594)
Luminance0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##55CBD41.001.9310.8810.88
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8821.001.001.00
##00000010.8821.001.001.00

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

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#55CBD4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva