#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
RGBrgb(85, 177, 192)
HSLhsl(188, 46%, 54%)
HSVhsv(188, 56%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(55.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.41, -23.00, -15.96)
CIE-LCHlch(67.41, 28.00, 214.75°)
OKLaboklab(71.02% -0.078 -0.0441)
OKLCHoklch(71.02% 0.09 209.5)
XYZxyz(28.9790, 37.1786, 55.5080)
Luminance0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##55B1C01.002.498.448.44
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4421.001.001.00
##0000008.4421.001.001.00

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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#55B1C0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva