#55B1BF#55B1BF

#55B1BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.089 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B1BF
RGB	rgb(85, 177, 191)
HSL	hsl(188, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 7.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -23.29, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 27.95, 213.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0784 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.089 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8686, 37.1344, 54.9264)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B1BF #BF6355

analogous

#55BF98 #55B1BF #557CBF

triadic

#55B1BF #BF55B1 #B1BF55

tetradic

#55B1BF #9855BF #BF6355 #7CBF55

square

#55B1BF #9855BF #BF6355 #7CBF55

split-complementary

#55B1BF #BF557C #BF9855

monochromatic

#2A6670 #3B8F9C #55B1BF #81C5D0 #AEDAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#55B1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#55B1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B1BF

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B1BF	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 177, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.089 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8d2',
    500: '#55b1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b1bf;
$custom-light: #8ec8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.925,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70978,
    "c": 0.08932,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B1BF

secondary

#CEA7A1

accent

#6453D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B1BF

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

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