#55B2BC#55B2BC

#55B2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.089 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2BC
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -24.64, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 28.10, 208.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0808 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.089 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7401, 37.4002, 53.2716)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2BC #BC5F55

analogous

#55BC92 #55B2BC #557EBC

triadic

#55B2BC #BC55B2 #B2BC55

tetradic

#55B2BC #9255BC #BC5F55 #7EBC55

square

#55B2BC #9255BC #BC5F55 #7EBC55

split-complementary

#55B2BC #BC557E #BC9255

monochromatic

#2B666C #3C8F98 #55B2BC #81C6CD #ADDADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#55B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#55B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2BC

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2BC	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.089 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9d0',
    500: '#55b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2bc;
$custom-light: #8ec9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.825,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71105,
    "c": 0.08898,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2BC

secondary

#CCA5A0

accent

#6155D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2BC

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

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