#55ACBC#55ACBC

#55ACBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.087 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55ACBC
RGB	rgb(85, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -21.59, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 26.98, 216.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0741 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.087 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5723, 35.0646, 52.8823)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55ACBC #BC6555

analogous

#55BC98 #55ACBC #5578BC

triadic

#55ACBC #BC55AC #ACBC55

tetradic

#55ACBC #9855BC #BC6555 #78BC55

square

#55ACBC #9855BC #BC6555 #78BC55

split-complementary

#55ACBC #BC5578 #BC9855

monochromatic

#2B626C #3C8A98 #55ACBC #81C1CD #ADD7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#55ACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#55ACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55ACBC

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55ACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55ACBC	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55acbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.087 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc5d0',
    500: '#55acbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55acbc;
$custom-light: #8dc5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55acbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.32,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69678,
    "c": 0.08655,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55ACBC

secondary

#CCA7A0

accent

#6855D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55ACBC

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

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