#55B3BB#55B3BB

#55B3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.089 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55B3BB
RGB	rgb(85, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -25.43, -12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 28.35, 206.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0823 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.089 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8324, 37.7566, 52.7724)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55B3BB #BB5D55

analogous

#55BB90 #55B3BB #5580BB

triadic

#55B3BB #BB55B3 #B3BB55

tetradic

#55B3BB #9055BB #BB5D55 #80BB55

square

#55B3BB #9055BB #BB5D55 #80BB55

split-complementary

#55B3BB #BB5580 #BB9055

monochromatic

#2B666B #3C8F97 #55B3BB #81C7CC #ACDADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#55B3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#55B3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55B3BB

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55B3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55B3BB	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55b3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.089 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecacf',
    500: '#55b3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55b3bb;
$custom-light: #8ecacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55b3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.706,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71308,
    "c": 0.08931,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55B3BB

secondary

#CCA3A0

accent

#5F55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #55B3BB

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

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