#55CBD5#55CBD5

#55CBD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.106 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBD5
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -29.94, -14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 33.44, 206.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0973 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.106 203)
XYZ	xyz(37.1074, 49.4434, 70.5258)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBD5 #D55F55

analogous

#55D59F #55CBD5 #558BD5

triadic

#55CBD5 #D555CB #CBD555

tetradic

#55CBD5 #9F55D5 #D55F55 #8BD555

square

#55CBD5 #9F55D5 #D55F55 #8BD555

split-complementary

#55CBD5 #D5558B #D59F55

monochromatic

#23858D #2FB3BE #55CBD5 #86DAE1 #B7E9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#55CBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#55CBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBD5

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBD5	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.106 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dbe1',
    500: '#55cbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbd5;
$custom-light: #92dbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.688,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77932,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.49447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBD5

secondary

#DCADA9

accent

#5144E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBD5

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

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