#55CBD9#55CBD9

#55CBD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.106 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBD9
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 217)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 6.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -28.80, -16.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 33.38, 210.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0957 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.106 206)
XYZ	xyz(37.6214, 49.6490, 73.2327)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBD9 #D96355

analogous

#55D9A5 #55CBD9 #5589D9

triadic

#55CBD9 #D955CB #CBD955

tetradic

#55CBD9 #A555D9 #D96355 #89D955

square

#55CBD9 #A555D9 #D96355 #89D955

split-complementary

#55CBD9 #D95589 #D9A555

monochromatic

#218793 #2CB5C5 #55CBD9 #87DAE4 #B9EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#55CBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#55CBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBD9

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBD9	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.106 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dbe4',
    500: '#55cbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbd9;
$custom-light: #92dbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.364,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78077,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.49653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBD9

secondary

#DFB1AB

accent

#5341E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBD9

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

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