#55CBD7#55CBD7

#55CBD7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.106 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBD7
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 215)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 5.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -29.37, -15.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 33.39, 208.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0965 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.106 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3628, 49.5456, 71.8710)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBD7 #D76155

analogous

#55D7A2 #55CBD7 #558AD7

triadic

#55CBD7 #D755CB #CBD755

tetradic

#55CBD7 #A255D7 #D76155 #8AD755

square

#55CBD7 #A255D7 #D76155 #8AD755

split-complementary

#55CBD7 #D7558A #D7A255

monochromatic

#228690 #2DB4C1 #55CBD7 #87DAE3 #B8E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#55CBD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#55CBD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBD7

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBD7	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.106 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dbe3',
    500: '#55cbd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbd7;
$custom-light: #92dbe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.538,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78004,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBD7

secondary

#DEAFAA

accent

#5243E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBD7

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

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