#55B2BB#55B2BB

#55B2BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.089 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2BB
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -24.92, -12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 28.11, 207.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0812 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.089 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6327, 37.3572, 52.7058)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2BB #BB5E55

analogous

#55BB91 #55B2BB #557FBB

triadic

#55B2BB #BB55B2 #B2BB55

tetradic

#55B2BB #9155BB #BB5E55 #7FBB55

square

#55B2BB #9155BB #BB5E55 #7FBB55

split-complementary

#55B2BB #BB557F #BB9155

monochromatic

#2B656B #3C8F97 #55B2BB #81C6CC #ACDADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#55B2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#55B2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2BB

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2BB	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.089 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9cf',
    500: '#55b2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2bb;
$custom-light: #8ec9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.294,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71069,
    "c": 0.08878,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2BB

secondary

#CCA4A0

accent

#6055D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2BB

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

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