#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
RGBrgb(85, 203, 214)
HSLhsl(185, 61%, 59%)
HSVhsv(185, 60%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(60.3%, 5.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(75.76, -29.65, -15.39)
CIE-LCHlch(75.76, 33.41, 207.43°)
OKLaboklab(77.97% -0.0969 -0.0426)
OKLCHoklch(77.97% 0.106 203.7)
XYZxyz(37.2347, 49.4943, 71.1963)
Luminance0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##55CBD61.001.9310.9010.90
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9021.001.001.00
##00000010.9021.001.001.00

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

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#55CBD6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva