#55ABB2#55ABB2

#55ABB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.083 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABB2
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 178)
HSL	hsl(185, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 3.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -23.90, -11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 26.55, 205.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0771 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.083 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3419, 34.2691, 47.3373)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABB2 #B25C55

analogous

#55B28B #55ABB2 #557DB2

triadic

#55ABB2 #B255AB #ABB255

tetradic

#55ABB2 #8B55B2 #B25C55 #7DB255

square

#55ABB2 #8B55B2 #B25C55 #7DB255

split-complementary

#55ABB2 #B2557D #B28B55

monochromatic

#2C5D61 #3F858B #55ABB2 #7FC0C5 #A9D5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#55ABB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#55ABB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABB2

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABB2	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A5B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9199B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BB1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.083 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4c9',
    500: '#55abb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abb2;
$custom-light: #8dc4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.516,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69069,
    "c": 0.08343,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABB2

secondary

#C6A09D

accent

#635ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABB2

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

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