#55CBD6#55CBD6

#55CBD6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.106 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBD6
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 214)
HSL	hsl(185, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 5.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -29.65, -15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 33.41, 207.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0969 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.106 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2347, 49.4943, 71.1963)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBD6 #D66055

analogous

#55D6A0 #55CBD6 #558AD6

triadic

#55CBD6 #D655CB #CBD655

tetradic

#55CBD6 #A055D6 #D66055 #8AD655

square

#55CBD6 #A055D6 #D66055 #8AD655

split-complementary

#55CBD6 #D6558A #D6A055

monochromatic

#22858E #2EB3C0 #55CBD6 #86DAE2 #B8E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#55CBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#55CBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBD6

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBD6	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.106 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dbe2',
    500: '#55cbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbd6;
$custom-light: #92dbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.116,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77968,
    "c": 0.10587,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBD6

secondary

#DDAEAA

accent

#5144E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBD6

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

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