#55CBDB#55CBDB

#55CBDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.107 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBDB
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 219)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -28.23, -17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 33.40, 212.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0949 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.107 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8831, 49.7537, 74.6110)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBDB #DB6555

analogous

#55DBA8 #55CBDB #5588DB

triadic

#55CBDB #DB55CB #CBDB55

tetradic

#55CBDB #A855DB #DB6555 #88DB55

square

#55CBDB #A855DB #DB6555 #88DB55

split-complementary

#55CBDB #DB5588 #DBA855

monochromatic

#208896 #2AB6C8 #55CBDB #88DAE6 #BAEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#55CBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#55CBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBDB

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBDB	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.107 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbe6',
    500: '#55cbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55cbdb;
$custom-light: #93dbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.164,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7815,
    "c": 0.107,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBDB

secondary

#E0B2AC

accent

#5440E8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBDB

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

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