#55CBDC#55CBDC

#55CBDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.107 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55CBDC
RGB	rgb(85, 203, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -27.95, -18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 33.42, 213.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0945 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.107 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0151, 49.8065, 75.3064)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55CBDC #DC6655

analogous

#55DCAA #55CBDC #5587DC

triadic

#55CBDC #DC55CB #CBDC55

tetradic

#55CBDC #AA55DC #DC6655 #87DC55

square

#55CBDC #AA55DC #DC6655 #87DC55

split-complementary

#55CBDC #DC5587 #DCAA55

monochromatic

#1F8897 #2AB6CA #55CBDC #88DBE6 #BBEAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#55CBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#55CBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55CBDC

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55CBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55CBDC	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55cbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 203, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.107 208.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55cbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.556,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78187,
    "c": 0.10728,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55CBDC

secondary

#E0B3AC

accent

#543FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55CBDC

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

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