#55B1C0#55B1C0

#55B1C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.090 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B1C0
RGB	rgb(85, 177, 192)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -23.00, -15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 28.00, 214.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.078 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.09 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9790, 37.1786, 55.5080)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B1C0 #C06455

analogous

#55C09A #55B1C0 #557CC0

triadic

#55B1C0 #C055B1 #B1C055

tetradic

#55B1C0 #9A55C0 #C06455 #7CC055

square

#55B1C0 #9A55C0 #C06455 #7CC055

split-complementary

#55B1C0 #C0557C #C09A55

monochromatic

#2A6771 #3A909D #55B1C0 #82C5D1 #AEDAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#55B1C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#55B1C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B1C0

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B1C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B1C0	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b1c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 177, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.090 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec8d3',
    500: '#55b1c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b1c0;
$custom-light: #8ec8d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b1c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.411,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71016,
    "c": 0.08964,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B1C0

secondary

#CFA8A2

accent

#6552D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B1C0

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

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