#55B2BE#55B2BE

#55B2BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.089 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B2BE
RGB	rgb(85, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -24.08, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 28.11, 211.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0799 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.089 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9572, 37.4870, 54.4149)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B2BE #BE6155

analogous

#55BE96 #55B2BE #557EBE

triadic

#55B2BE #BE55B2 #B2BE55

tetradic

#55B2BE #9655BE #BE6155 #7EBE55

square

#55B2BE #9655BE #BE6155 #7EBE55

split-complementary

#55B2BE #BE557E #BE9655

monochromatic

#2A676E #3B909B #55B2BE #81C6CF #AEDAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#55B2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#55B2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B2BE

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B2BE	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.089 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec9d1',
    500: '#55b2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b2be;
$custom-light: #8ec9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.857,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71179,
    "c": 0.08944,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B2BE

secondary

#CEA6A1

accent

#6253D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B2BE

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

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