#55ABB3#55ABB3

#55ABB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.084 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ABB3
RGB	rgb(85, 171, 179)
HSL	hsl(185, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 4.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -23.63, -12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 26.53, 207.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.0767 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.084 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4426, 34.3094, 47.8680)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ABB3 #B35D55

analogous

#55B38C #55ABB3 #557CB3

triadic

#55ABB3 #B355AB #ABB355

tetradic

#55ABB3 #8C55B3 #B35D55 #7CB355

square

#55ABB3 #8C55B3 #B35D55 #7CB355

split-complementary

#55ABB3 #B3557C #B38C55

monochromatic

#2C5D62 #3F868C #55ABB3 #7FC0C6 #AAD5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#55ABB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#55ABB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ABB3

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ABB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ABB3	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A5B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9199B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55abb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 171, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.084 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4c9',
    500: '#55abb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55abb3;
$custom-light: #8dc4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55abb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.106,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69105,
    "c": 0.08359,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ABB3

secondary

#C7A19D

accent

#645ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ABB3

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

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